WHAT IS THE SOLUTION FOR KIDNEY STONE AND MENSTRUAL PROBLEM?

 

ARANDA MADIRASANA

ABOUT

THIS ASAN ALSO BELONGS TO THE CATEGORY OF MEDITATIVE ASANS. IT CAN BE EASILY PRACTICED BY ANYONE. THE ASAN WHEN PERFORMED FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, GIVES THE FEELING OF INTOXICATING BLISS AND TRANQUILLITY. IT IS DONE FROM VAJRASANA.

TECHNIQUE

• ON A FOLDED BLANKET, ADOPT THE POSE OF VAJRASANA.
• PLACE THE HANDS ON THE HEELS, PALMS FACING DOWNWARD.
• KEEP THE TRUNK ERECT AND FIX THE EYES ON THE SPACE BETWEEN THE EYEBROWS.
• BREATHE SLOWLY AND DEEPLY.
• IN THIS ASAN EMPHASIS IS LAID ON THE BREATHING PROCESS.

BENEFITS

THIS ASAN IS EXTREMELY BENEFICIAL FOR INCREASING HTE POWERS OF CONCENTRATION. THE ASAN STIMULATES NERVOUS SYSTEM AND IMPROVES CIRCULATORY SYSTEM. THE ASAN ALSO AWAKENS KUNDALINI (THE PSYCHI POWER) PARTICULARLY AJNA CHAKRA. IT ALSO REMOVES MENTAL TENSION, PSYCHIC FEAR AND RESTORES PEACE OF MIND.

DHANUR AKARSHAN ASANA

 

ABOUT

THIS ASAN BELONGS TO THE ADVANCED GROUP OF ASANAS, AND IS NAMED AFTER THE ARCHER. THE ASAN, WHEN PERFORMED CORRECTLY, RESEMBLES DRAWING A BOW.

TECHNIQUE

• ON A FOLDED BLANKET, SIT AND STRETCH LEGS FORWARD.
• PLACE THE RIGHT FOOT ON THE LEFT THIGH AND GRASP THE RIGHT TOE FROM THE TOP WITH THE LEFT HAND.
• HOLD THE LEFT BIG TOE WITH THE RIGHT HAND, KEEPING THE LEG STRAIGHT.
• RAISE THE RIGHT BIG TOE TO THE LEFT EAR.
• KEEP THE HEAD, NECK AND THE SPINE STRAIGHT.
• REPEAT THE PROCESS AT LEAST TEN TIMES AND HAVE SLOW, LONG AND DEEP BREATHES.
• COME TO THE ORIGINAL POSITION AND RELAX.

BENEFITS

 

 

 THIS ASANA TONES THE MUSCLES OF THE LEGS, ARMS, THIGHS, AND ABDOMEN AND MAKES THE SPINE SUPPLE AND ELASTIC. IT ALSO STRENGTHEN THE BICEPS AND ANKLES, CURES MANY RESPIRATORY AND SEXUAL AILMENTS AND PROMOTES HEALTH.

MERUDANDASANA

 

ABOUT

IN THIS ASAN CONCENTRATION IS ESSENTIAL FOR MAINTAINING EQUILIBRIUM. THIS ASAN SHOULD NOT BE PRACTICED BY THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM SCIATICA AND SLIPPED DISC. THE ASAN BELONGS TO THE ADVANCED GROUP OF ASANS.

TECHNIQUE

• SIT ON THE FOLDED BLANKET AND INHALE.
• BEND THE LEGS AT THE KNEES AND PLACE THE SOLES ON THE FLOOR IN FRONT OF THE BUTTOCKS AND KEEPS THE FEET APART.
• HOLD THE BIG TOES AND LEAN THE TRUNK BACKWARD, STRETCH THE LEGS AND MAINTAIN BALANCE.
• THE ARMS AND LEGS SHOULD BE STRETCHED AND SEPARATED AS MUCH AS YOU CAN AND BREATH SHOULD BE RETAINED FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS AND EXHALE AFTER FINISHING THE ASAN.

BENEFITS

 

 

THE ASAN IS EXTREMELY BENEFICIAL FOR ABDOMINAL ORGANS PARTICULARLY LIVER. IT REMOVES INTESTINAL WORMS, STRENGTHENS THE MUSCLES OF THE LEGS, ARMS, CHEST, THE ABDOMEN, THE VISCERAL REGION AND THE SPINAL COLUMN. IT ALSO TONES UP ADRENAL GLANDS AND DEVELOPS THE POWER OF CONCENTRATION.

MARJARIASAN

(THE CAT STRETCH POSE)

 

ABOUT

THIS ASAN IS ONE OF THE SIMPLEST AND CAN BE PERFORMED BY ANYONE EASILY. THIS ASAN IS ALSO PERFORMED FROM VAJRASAN AND CAN BE EXTREMELY BENEFICIAL IF THE STOMACH DURING EXHALATION. MARJARIA IN SANSKRIT MEANS "A CAT". THIS ASAN BELONGS TO THE ENERGY BLOCK GROUP OF ASANS.

TECHNIQUE

• ON A FOLDED BLANKET, ADOPT THE POSE OF VAJRASANA.
• RAISE THE BUTTOCKS AND STAND ON THE KNEES AND AT THE SAME TIME PLACE BOTH HANDS FLAT ON THE FLOOR IN FRONT OF THE BODY UNDER THE SHOULDERS.
• INHALE AND RAISE THE HEAD.
• THEN EXHALE AND LOWER THE HEAD AND ARCH THE SPINE.
• AGAIN BEND THE SPINE AND RAISE THE HEAD.
• THE ARMS ARE TO BE KEPT STRAIGHT AND VERTICAL.

BENEFITS

 

THIS ASAN IS EXTREMELY BENEFICIAL FOR WOMEN IN GENERAL AND PREGNANT WOMEN IN PARTICULAR. THE ASAN CURES MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITIES, LEUCORRHOEA AND CAN GIVE RELIEF FROM CRAMPS. THE ASAN ALSO TONES  UP THE NERVOUS SYSTEM, ADRENAL GLANDS, AND NORMALISES BLOOD CIRCULATION, STRENGTHENS THE MUSCLES OF THE ARMS, LEGS AND MAKES THE WAIST SUPPLE. IT CAN ALSO CURE ASTHMA AND KIDNEY AILMENTS.

SURYA NAMASKAR

VARIATION 1

ABOUT

NOW WE TAKE UP TO DIFFERENT SETS OF EXERCISE FORMED FROM SURYA NAMASKAR, A SPLENDID, COMPLETE EXERCISE WHICH CAN BE PRACTICED IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS FACING THE SUN. IN THE ANCIENT DAYS THIS EXERCISE WAS PERFORMED DAILY SINGLY OR IN A GROUP BY SOME YOGIS AT DOWN. SURYA NAMASKAR IS A COMBINATION OF ASANAS AND BREATHING. IT HAS TWELVE VARIATIONS WHICH INVOLVE THE ENTIRE MUSCULAR STRUCTURE. SURYA NAMASKAR IS NOT CONFINED TO ANY PARTICULAR ORGAN OR LIMB OR THE BODY. IT ACTS EFFECTIVELY ON THE ENTIRE ORGANISM. IT IS CO-RELATED WITH PRANAYAMA OR BREATHING EXERCISE. IF PRACTICED DAILY WITH PERSEVRENCE, SURYA NAMASKAR CAN SERVE AS PANACEA.

TECHNIQUE

• STAND ERECT WITH FEET TOGETHER.
• PLACE THE PALMS TOGETHER IN FRONT OF THE CHEST.
• BREATHE SLOWLY AND NORMALLY AND RELAX WHOLD BODY.
• IT PREPARES THE PRACTITIONER PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY FOR THE EXERCISES WHICH FOLLOW.

 

VARIATION 2

 

TECHNIQUE

• RAISE BOTH THE ARMS ABOVE THE HEAD.
• KEEP THE ARMS SEPARATED.
• BEND THE HEAD AND UPPER TRUNK, SLIGHTLY BACKWARD.
• INHALE WHILE RAISING THE ARMS.

BENEFITS

THIS ASAN IS VERY GOOD FOR RESPIRATORY SYSTEM AND TONES THE MUSCLES OF ARMS, SHOULDER, SPINAL NERVES AND LUNGS. IT ALSO STRETCHES THE ABDOMINAL VISCEA AND REMOVES EXCESS FAT FROM HIPS AND ABDOMINAL REGION AND IMPROVES DIGESTION.

VARIATION 3

TECHNIQUE

• ON A FOLDED BLANKET STAND ERECT AND BEND FORWARD.
• TOUCH THE FLOOR WITH YOUR FINGERS OR HANDS IN FRONT OF THE FEET EXHALE.
• TRY TO TOUCH THE KNEES WITH THE FOREHEAD WITHOUT JERK OR STRAIN.
• KEEP THE LEGS STRAIGHT, AND CONTRACT THE ABDOMEN IN THE FINAL POSITION TO EXPEL AS MUCH AIR AS YOU CAN.

 

BENEFITS

THIS ASAN CURES ABDOMINAL AILMENTS AND REDUCES FAT IN THE ABDOMINAL REGION, IMPROVES DIGESTION, BLOOD CIRCULATION, REMOVES CONSTIPATION AND MAKES THE SPINE SUPPLE AND ELASTIC.

VARIATION 4

ASHWA SANCHALANASANA

TECHNIQUE

• SPREAD A BLANKET ON THE FLOOR AND ADOPT SITTING POSE.
• STRETCH THE RIGHT LEG BACK AS FAS AS POSSIBLE AND INHALE.
• BEND THE LEFT LEG BUT KEEP THE LEFT FOOT IN THE SAME POSITION.
• THE ARMS SHOULD REMAIN STRAIGHT WITHOUT ANY JERK.
• IN THE FINAL POSITION THE WEIGHT OF THE BODY SHOULD BE SUPPORTED ON THE TWO HANDS.
• THE HEAD SHOULD BE TILTED BACKWARD.

 

BENEFITS

THIS ASAN MASSAGES THE ABDOMINAL ORGANS, STRENGTHENS THE MUSCLES OF THE LEG, IMPROVES NERVOUS SYSTEM AND BLOOD CIRCULATION.

VARIATION 5

PARVATASANA

TECHNIQUE

 

• ON A FOLDED BLANKET, ADOPT THE POSE OF PADAMASANA AND GAZE ON A VISIBLE WHITE SPOT ON THE FLOOR.
• USING THE HANDS FOR SUPPORT, RAISE YOUR BODY ON KNEES.
• KEEP THE HEAD, NECK AND SPINE STRAIGHT AND RAISE BOTH HANDS STRAIGHT OVERHEAD AND BREATHE SLOWLY AND RHYTHMICALLY WITHOUT ANY JERK OR STRAIN.
• REMAIN IN THIS POSE AS LONG AS YOU CAN.

 

BENEFITS

THIS ASAN CURES NERVOUS DEBILITY, DIABETES, ARTHRITIS, IMPROVES DIGESTION, BLOOD CIRCULATION AND CHRONIC CONSTIPATION. IT IS EXTREMELY USEFUL FOR ATTAINING THE POWERS OF CONCENTRATION AND REMOVING TENSION.

VARIATION 6

ASHTANGA NAMASKAR

TECHNIQUE

• SPREAD A BLANKET ON THE FLOOR.
• LOWER THE BODY TO THE FLOOR AND TOUCH THE FLOOR WITH TOES OF BOTH FEET, THE TWO KNEES, THE CHEST, THE HANDS AND THE CHIN.
• THE HIPS AND THE ABDOMEN SHOULD BE RAISED SLIGHTLY OFF THE FLOOR.

 

BENEFITS

THIS ASAN EXPANDS THE CHEST, BROADENS THE SHOULDERS, STRENGTHEN THE LEG AND ARMS MUSCLES AND IMPROVES DIGESTION AND BLOOD CIRCULATION.

VARIATION 7

BHUJANGASANA

THE TECHNIQUE AND BENEFITS OF THIS ASAN HAVE ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED IN ASAN 12.

VARIATION 8

PADAHASTANASANA

THIS ASAN IS A REPETITION OF VARIATION 3. WITH SLIGHTLY CHANGE. PLACE THE RIGHT FOOT NEXT TO THE LEFT FOOT. KEEP BOTH THE LEGS ERECT AND TRY TO BRING THE FOREHEAD AS CLOSE TO THE KNEES AS POSSIBLE. IF YOU CANNOT TOUCH THE KNEES, DO NOT BEND THE LEGS. EXHALE WHILE BENDING THE BODY.

VARIATION 9

HASTA UTTANASANA

THIS ASAN IS A REPETITION OF VARIATION 2 WITH SLIGHT CHANGES. STAND WITH BODY ERECT AND INHALE AND RAISE THE ARMS ABOVE THE HEAD, AND KEEP THE ARMS SEPARATED. BEND THE HEAD AND ARMS BACKWARD SLIGHTLY.

VARIATION 10

PRANAMASANA

 

THIS IS THE FINAL VARIATION OF SURYA NAMASKAR AND ISMORE OR LESS THE SAME AS VARIATION NO1. BRING THE HANDS IN FRONT OF THE CHEST AND PLACE THE PALMS TOGETHER AND EXHALE. RELEASE THE WHOLE BODY.

BENEFITS

• WITH THE BRIEF TECHNIQUE OF EACH VARIATION, THE OVER ALL BENEFITS OF ALL THE 10 VARIATIONS ARE SO MANY. 
• THE COMPLETE ROUND OF 10 VARIATIONS ARE HIGHLY BENEFICIAL TO ALL THE SYSTEMS OF THE BODY, ENDOCRINAL, CIRCULATORY, RESPIRATORY AND DIGESTIVE SYSTEM.
• SURYA NAMASKAR VENTILATES AND TONES UP THE LUNGS AND GLANDS, OXYGENATES THE BLOOD, CURES ASTHMA, DIABETES, KIDNEY AILMENTS, BRONCHITIS AND MENSTRUAL CYCLE.
• IT REMOVES HYPER-TENSION, PALPITATION, TONES UP THE NERVOUS SYSTEM BY STRETCHING AND BENDING THE SPINAL COLUMN.
• IT ALSO IMPROVES THE MEMORY, STIMULATES THE ACTIVITY OF THE ENDOCRINE GLANDS PARTICULARLY THYROID.
• IT ALSO REFRESHES THE SKIN BY EVACUATING TOXIC PRODUCTS THROUGH THE SKIN.
• SURYA NAMASKAR ALSO TONES UP AND STRENGTHENS THE MUSCLES STRUCTURE OF THE WHOLE BODY.