TRIKONASANA, GARUDASANA, VIRABHADRASANA BENEFITS.

TRIKONASANA

(THE TRIANGLE POSE)

ABOUT

TRIKONASANA AND ALL ITS VARIATIONS BELONG TO THE CATEGORY OF STANDING AND BENDING ASANAS. THIS ASANA IS CALLED TRIKONA BECAUSE THE ASAN WHEN PERFORMED CORRECTLY GIVES THE IDEA OF THREE ANGLES.

TECHNIQUE

ON A FOLDED BLANKET, STAND ERECT WITH LEGS APART AND INHALE. RAISE THE ARMS HORIZONTALLY IN A STRAIGHT LINE WITH THE SHOULDERS. START BENDING SLOWLY TO YOUR RIGHT UNTIL YOUR RIGHT HAND TOUCHES YOUR RIGHT FOOT. THE ARMS SHOULD FORM VERTICLE LINE WITH THE FACE TURNED UPWARDS. AFTER A COUPLE OF SECONDS INHALE AND PERFORM THE SAME MOVEMENT TO THE LEFT AND EXHALE SLOWLY WHILE LOWERING THE ARMS.

BENEFITS

 

 

• THIS ASANAS STRETCHES AND STRENGTHENS THE MUSCLES OF CALF, WAIST, THIGHS, HIPS, LEGS, SPINAL COLUMN AND ADRENAL GLANDS.
• IT EXPELLS GAS, REMOVES CONSTIPATION, STIMULATES HEART AND LUNGS.
• IT ALSO IMPROVES DIGESTION, INVIGARATES APPETITE.
• IT ALSO IMPROVES DIGESTION AND BLOOD CIRCULATION AND REMOVES NECK AND BACKACHE AND DYSPEPSIA.
• PERFORMED REGULARLY AND CORRECTLY THIS ASAN CAN DEFLATE "SPARE TYRE" AND REDUCE EXCESSIVE FAT IN HIPS AND ABDOMINAL REGION.
• IT CAN ALSO CORRECT THE GALL BLADDER DISORDERS AND INCREASE HEIGHT.

GARUDASANA

(THE EAGLE POSE)

ABOUT

IN SANSKRIT GARUDA MEANS "AN EAGLE". THIS ASAN IS DIFFICULT FOR BEGINNERS. BUT WITH REGULAR PRACTICE AND PATIENCE THEY CAN DO IT WELL.

TECHNIQUE

• ON A FOLDED BLANKET STAND UPRIGHT.
• BEND THE LEFT KNEE SLIGHTLY AND TWIST THE RIGHT LEG OVER THE LET LEG, SO THAT, THE RIGHT IS STEP IS TOUCHED BEHIND THE LEFT CALF.
• THE ARMS SHOULD REMAIN CROSSED IN FRONT OF THE CHEST SO THAT THE LEFT ELBOW RESTS ON THE RIGHT BICEPS AGAINST THE ELBOW JOINT AND THE LEFT IS KEPT ABOVE THE RIGHT TIST IN FRONT OF THE FACE.
• REMAIN IN THIS POSE FOR 20 SECONDS AND BREATHE SLOWLY.
• THEN REPEAT THE POSE BALANCING ON THE RIGHT LEG AND REVERSING THE ARMS AND THE LEG POSITIONS.
• GAZE AT A VISIBLE WHILE SPOT OR POINT.
• COME TO THE ORIGINAL POSITION AND RELAX.

 

BENEFITS

THIS ASAN STRETCHES AND STRENGTHEN THE MUSCLES, TONES THE NERVES, PROMOTES SUPPLENESS IN THE LEGS, SHOULDERS, KNEES, ANKLES AND CALF, DEVELOPS CO-ORDINATION AND BALANCE, IMPROVES CONCENTRATION, DIGESTION AND CIRCULATION. IT ALSO CURES SCIATICA AND RHEUMATIS, AND REDUCES FAT FROM HIPS AND THE ABDOMINAL REGION.

VIRABHADRASANA

(VIRBHARA POSE)

ABOUT

VIRABHADRA WAS ONE OF THE BRAVEST AND BRIGHTEST HEROES IN HINDU MYTHOLOGY. HE WAS A RENOWNED ARCHER, BEST SWORDSMAN AND FEARLESS WARRIOR. THIS ASAN IS NAMED AFTER HIM. THE ASANA IS VERY SIMPLE AND CAN BE PERFORMED BY ANYONE IRRESPECTIVE OF AGE OR SEX. THIS ASAN HAS A NUMBER OF VARIATIONS.

TECHNIQUE

• ON A FOLDED BLANKET STAND UP RIGHT WITH YOUR ARMS RAISED HORIZONTALLY OUTWARD ON BOTH SIDES MAKING A STRAIGHT LINE WITH YOUR SHOULDERS.
• THE ELBOWS AND ARMS SHOULD NOT BEND.
• THE PALMS OF BOTH THE HANDS SHOULD BE POINTING TOWARDS THE FLOOR.
• NOW JUMP FROM THE FLOOR STRAIGHT UP AND BEFORE THE FEET TOUCH THE FLOOR, SEPARATE THE LEGS.
• TURN YOUR FACE TO THE RIGHT AND BEND YOUR RIGHT KNEE SO THAT THE PART OF THE LEG BENEATH THE KNEE IS AT RIGHT ANGLE.
• REVERSE THE POSE BY TURNING THE FACE TO THE LEFT KNEE WHILE KEEPING THE RIGHT LEG STRAIGHT.

 

BENEFITS

 

 

 

THIS ASAN MAKES THE MUSCLES OF THE CALVES, KNEES, THIGHS, HIP JOINTS, NECK AND SHOULDERS SUPPLE AND ELASTIC. IT ALSO TONES UP THE TENDORS AND LIGAMENTS, IMPROVES CIRCULATION AND DIGESTION, REMOVES HEADACHE, TOOTH ACHE AND NECK PAIN. IT ALSO CURES ARTHRITIS, ACIDITY, BRONCHITIS, CONSTIPATION, CORRECTS DISPLACEMENT OF SPINAL DISC AND STIFFNESS OF THE NECK.