HOW TO INCREASE OUR CONCENTRATION ? (WITH ASANAS)

 

VATAYANASAN

ABOUT

THIS ASAN ALSO BELONGS TO THE MEDITATIVE ASANAS AND IS HELD IN HIGH ESTEEM BY THE MODERN YOGIS.

TECHNIQUE

 

• ON A FOLDED BLANKET, SIT WITH BOTH THE LEGS STRETCHED.
• BEND THE RIGHT LEG FROM THE KNEE AND PLACE THE RIGHT FOOT BELOW RIGHT THIGH.
• RAISE UP THE TRUNK FROM THE FLOOR AND PLACE THE RIGHT KNEE ON THE FLOOR.
• EXPAND WITH CHEST WITH FOOT AND THE RIGHT KNEE.
• RAISE THE HANDS FROM THE ELBOWS AND TOUCH THE PALMS WITH EACH OTHER.
• REMAIN IN THIS POSITION FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES AND BREATHE SLOLWY.
• KEEP THE HEAD AND THE SPINE STRAIGHT.
• THEN RELEASE THE ARMS AND THE LEGS.
• NOW PRACTICE THIS POSE WITH REVERSE THE POSITION OF LEGS.
• RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL POSITION AND RELAX.

 

BENEFITS

THIS ASAN IS HIGHLY BENEFICIAL FOR THE HIPS, KNEES, JOINTS AND THE ABDOMEN. IT ALSO HELPS INCREASE THE POWER OF CONCENTRATION. IMPROVE DIGESTION AND REMOVE PAIN IN HIPS, JOINTS AND KNEES. IT ALSO STIMULATES DIGESTIVE ORGANS.

GORAKSHASAN

(GORAKH NATH'S POSE)

ABOUT 

THIS ASANA IS NAMED AFTER GORAKHNATH, A RENOWNED YOGI WHO USED TO MEDITATE IN THIS POSE FOR HOURS TOGETHER. THIS ASAN IS ONE OF THE POPULAR AND POWERFUL ASANAS FOR CONCENTRATION AND MEDITATION.

TECHNIQUE

• ON A FOLDED BLANKET, ADOPT A SITTING POSITION PLACING THE HEELS TOGETHER.
• RAISE THE HEELS UPWARD TOWARDS THE NAVEL, KEEPING THE TOES ON THE FLOOR.
• CROSS THE WRISTS IN FRONT OF THE NAVEL ANDHOLD THE HEELS AND TOUCH THE LEFT HEEL WITH RIGHT HAND AND RIGHT HEEL WITH LEFT HAND.
• KEEP THE HEAD, NECK AND SPINE STRAIGHT AND BREATHE SLOWLY.
• COME TO THE ORIGINAL POSITION AND RELAX.

BENEFITS

THIS ASAN CURES DIABETES, ARTHRITIS, JAUNDICE AND STRENGTHENS THE MUSCLES OF LEGS AND FEET AND MAKES THEM FLEXIBLE. THIS ASAN ALSO REMOVES MANY SEXUAL DISORDERS AND FAT IN THE ABDOMINAL REGION.

MOOLA BANDHASAN

ABOUT

THIS ASAN WAS ALSO HELP IN HIGH ESTEEM BY SOME ANCIENT YOGIS. THE ASAN IS ONE OF THE POWERFUL, FASCINATING AND POPULAR MEDITATIVE ASANAS HAVING MANY THERAPEUTIC ADVANTAGES. YOGIS BELIEVE THAT THIS ASAN STIMULATES THE BODY'S MAIN NERVE CENTRE. THIS ASAN BELONGS TO THE ADVANCED GROUP OF ASANAS.

TECHNIQUE

• ADOPT A SITTING POSITION ON A FOLDED BLANKET.
• STRETCH THE LEGS FOWARD AND BEND THE KNEES BRINGING THE FEET TOGETHER AT THE PERINEUM.
• BREATHE SLOWLY AND COMFORTABLY.
• RAISE THE BODY ON THE HEELS, SO THAT, THE HEELS PRESS THE PERINEUM.
• WHEN YOU FEEL STRAIN IN THE LEGS, COME TO THE ORIGINAL POSITION AND RELAX.

BENEFITS

 

 

THIS ASAN IS MORE BENEFICIAL FOR CELEBRATES. IT TONES ALL THE SEXUAL AND ELIMINATE ORGANS. IT STRENGTHENS THE MUSCLES OF THE FEELS, LEGS AND THIGHS AND MAKES THEM SUPPLE AND ELASTIC. IT ALSO HELPS IN ATTAINING THE POWER OF CONCENTRATION. IT ALSO TONES THE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS AND URINARY SYSTEM AND ENHANCES THE HEALTH OF THE SEX GLANDS.

NAUKASANA

(THE BOAT POSE)

ABOUT

THIS ASAN IS ONE OF THE SIMPLEST ASANAS BELONGING TO THE ENERGY BLOCKING GROUP OF ASANAS. ENERGY IN THE FORM OF PRANA (LIFE FORCE) IS IN EVERY PART OF THE BODY. IT MUST HAVE FREE FLOW. SOMETIMES DUE TO CERTAIN IMPURITIES OR CHEMICAL REACTIONS, THE FREE FLOW IS BLOCKED RESULTING IN STIFFNESS, RHEUMATISM AND MUSCULAR TENSION. THIS ASAN WHEN PERFORMED CORRECTLY RESEMBLES THE SHAPE OF A BOAT. HENCE, NAMED NAUKASANA. IT HAS NUMBER OF VARIATIONS.

TECHNIQUE

• LIE FLAT ON THE FLOOR FACING THE SKY WITH HANDS CLASPED AT THE BACK.
• RAISE YOUR FEET, HEAD AND CHEST UP AS TO FORM A CURVE ON THE FLOOR AND YOUR BODY RESTS ON ABDOMEN.
• IN THIS POSE, THE BODY LOOKS LIKE A BOAT.
• BREATHE SLOLWY AND RHYTHMICALLY.
• REMAIN IN THIS POSE FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES, AND ROCK THE BODY FROM ONE SIDE TO ANOTHER LIKE A BOAT.

 

BENEFITS

 

 

THIS ASAN ELIMINATES THE GAS FROM THE ABDOMEN, CURES BELCHING AND HICCOUGH. IT ALSO BRINGS THE DISLOCATED NAVEL PLEXUS TO ITS ORIGINAL POSITION. IT ALSO CURES DISORDERS OF LIVER AND THE GALL BLADDER, STRENGTHENS THE INTESTINES AND COLON. THIS ASAN IS EXCELLENT FOR PREGNANT WOMEN UPTO FOUR MONTHS. THE ASAN IMPROVES DIGESTION AND SHARPENS APPETITE.