WHAT IS THE SOLUTION FOR STRESS AND MENTAL TENSION?

PESHNI ASAN

(CHURNING THE MILL POSE)

ABOUT

HERE IS ANOTHER SIMPLE, GRACEFUL BUT EFFECTIVE ASAN FROM THE SHAKTI BANDHA (ENERGY BLOCK) GROUP OF ASANS. THIS ASAN WHEN PERFORMED CORRECTLY REMINDS ONE OF A LADDY GRINDING WHEAT BETWEEN TWO STONES - A SCENE COMMON IN RURAL INDIA. THIS ASAN IS MORE BENEFICIAL FOR PREGNANT WOMEN.

TECHNIQUE

ON A FOLDED BLANKET SIT WITH LEGS STRETCHED.
KEEP THE ARMS PARALLEL TO LEGS AND MAKE HORIZONTAL MOVEMENTS WITH THE ARMS TEN TIMES CLOCKWISE AND TEN TIMES ANTI-CLOCKWISE.
BREATHE SLOWLY AND RHYTHMICALLY WITHOUT ANY STRAIN.

BENEFITS

THIS ASAN MASSAGES THE UTERNUS AND THE ABDOMEN, IMPROVES DIGESTION, CORRECTS PROSTRATE DISORDERS, SEXUAL DEBILITY, STIMULATES REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS AND CURES RHEUMATISM, PROLAPSE AND LIVER DISORDERS.

ADVASANA

ABOUT

THIS IS THE SIMPLEST AND MOST COMFORTABLE ASAN WHICH CAN BE PERFORMED BY ANYONE YOUNG OR OLD, SICK OR HEALTHY, IRRESPECTIVE OF AGE OR SEX. IT CAN BE PERFORMED AS LONG AS ONE WISHES. THIS ASAN IS ALSO CALLED "YASTRIKASANA" OR "STICK POSE" BY SOME YOGIS.

TECHNIQUE

SPREAD A BLANKET ON THE FLOOR AND LIE ON THE STOMACH.
STRETCH BOTH ARMS FORWARD ON EACH SIDE OF THE HEAD.
RELAX THE WHOLE BODY AND BREATHE SLOWLY AND FREELY.

BENEFITS

THIS ASAN IS HIGHLY BENEFICIAL FOR PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM SLIPPED DISC AND PAIN IN NECK, SHOULDERS AND JOINTS. IT ALSO REMOVES MENTAL TENSION, FATIGUE AND WORRY AND GIVES RELIEF AND RELAXATION TO THE WHOLE BODY.

SHAVASANA

(THE CORPSE POSE)

ABOUT

THIS ASAN IS VERY SIMPLE BUT DIFFICULT TO PRACTICE. OUR BODY IS LIKE A FACTORY WITH MANY MACHINES INSIDE. JUST AS MACHINE NEEDS REST, CLEANSING AND REPAIR, SIMILARLY THE MACHINE OF OUR BODY NEED COOLING, REST AND REPAIR. THE WASTES TOXINS ARE TO BE REPAIRED AND SWEPT AWAY FROM OUR BODY ORGANISM.

THE CURRENT PRANA AND FLOW OF REGENERATING FORCES IN OUR BODY DOES NOT FUNCTION UNLESS AND UNTIL WE ARE AT COMPLETE REST AND RELAXATION FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES. IN MORNING OR EVENNING OR ANY TIME DURING THE DAY WE CAN FIND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TAKING REST. SOME FEEL RELAXED IN COFFEE HOUSES, CLUBS OR IDLE GOSSIPS AND SOME FEEL RELAXED UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF LIQUOR OR OTHER INTOXICANTS. THESE MODES OF RELAXATION GIVE TEMPORARY RELIEF OF "KICK" BUT THEY CAN BE HARMFUL PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY IN THE LONG RUN.

TECHNIQUE

ON A SOFT CARPET OR BLANKET OR FOLDED RUG LIE FULL LENGTH ON BACK WITH ARMS AWAY FROM THE BODY WITH PALMS FACING UPWARD AND FEET SLIGHTLY APART.
CLOSE THE EYES AND MOUTH AND WITHDRAW THE CONSCIOUSNESS BY STAGES BEGINNING WITH THE FEET, THE ANKLES, THE KNEES, THE ABDOMEN, THE CHEST, THE NECK AND THE FACE..
FINALLY KEEP THE MIND FREE.
START BREATHING DEEPLY, SLOWLY AND RHYTHMICALLY.
THE PRACTITIONER AT THE FINAL STAGE OF THIS ASAN SHOULD FEEL THAT HIS BODY IS MOTIONLESS LIKE A DEAD BODY AND IS SINKING IN THE GROUND.
IN THIS ASAN ALL TISSUES, NERVES AND MUSCLES ARE TO BE RELAXED WITH THE MIND.
SIMPLY LYING ON THE FLOOR, CLOSING THE EYES AND BREATHING SLOWLY DOEST NOT MEAN SHAVANA.
THE TECHNIQUE OF THIS ASAN MUST BE FOLLOWED CAREFULLY.
RHYTHMIC AND DEEP BREATHING ARE ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY FOR CONCENTRATION WHICH GIVES COMPLETE RELAXATION.

BENEFITS

SHAVASAN IS AN EXCELLENT ASAN FOR COMPLETE PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL RELAXATION AND REFRESHMENT. TENSION, IRREGULAR BREATHING OR FAULTY BREATHING CAN CAUSE MANY DISEASES. RHYTHMICALLY BREATHING IN SHAVASANA IS HIGHLY BENEFICIAL FOR THE BDOY AND MIND. THIS ASAN REMOVES ALL MENTAL TENSION, STRESS OR STRAIN, PHYSICAL FATIGUENESS AND STIMULATES THE ENTIRE NERVOUS SYSTEM. IT ALSO ELIMINATES TOXINE ACCUMULATED IN THE BODY, RECHARGES ORGANISM WITH PRANA, RESTORES ENERGY AND CURES HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, HEART AILMENTS, INSOMNIA, NERVOUS DISORDERS AND DEPRESSION. THIS ASAN WHEN PERFORMED CORRECTLY GIVES REST, PEACE, TRANQUILLITY AND RELAXATION TO BODY AND MIND.