SIRSASANA. EKPAD SHIRHASANA, AND MATSYASANA (THE YOGA)

 

                                             SIRSASANA 

                              (THE HEADSTAND POSE)

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                          IN SANSKRIT THE WORD "SIRSHA" MEANS "HEAD" AND "ASANA" MEANS POSE. SIRSANA IS CONSIDERED THE KING OF ALL ASANAS AND IS USUALLY DONE AT THE END OF THE YOGA ASANA PRACTICES.

                           METHOD : PREPARE A ROUND SOFT YET FIRM SEAT OUT OF A DHOTI OR A PIEACE OF CLOTH. KNEEL DOWN AND GRAB YOUR ELBOWS WITH YOUR HANDS. KEEP THE ELBOWS WHERE THEY ARE AND INTERLOCK THE FINGERS IN FRONT OF YOU. KEEP THE SEAT BETWEEN YOUR HANDS. PLACE THE VERY TOP OF YOUR HEAD ON THE SEAT WITH THE BACK OF YOUR HEAD RESTING AGAINST THE FINGERS. STRAIGHTEN THE KNEES, RAISE YOUR HIPS, YOUR BODY NOW RESEMBLING IN INVERTED V. THE WEIGHT IS EQUALLY DISTRIBUTED BETWEEN YOUR HEAD/ARMS AND THE FEET. KEEPING YOUR KNEES STRAIGHT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, WALK WITH LITTLE STEPS, BRINGING YOUR FEET AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO YOUR HEAD. 

                            THIS WILL SHIFT THE WEIGHT FROM THE FEET ONTO THE HEAD/ARMS. KEEP YOUR BACK AS STRAIGHT AS POSSIBLE TO PREVENT YOUR NECK FROM ARCHING. BEND THE KNEES KEEPING THEM CLOSE TO THE CHEST AND YOUR FEET CLOSE TO YOUR BUTTOCKS. SHIFT THE HIPS TO KEEP YOUR BALANCE. KEEP YOUR KNEES BENT AND POINT THEM TO SKY. STRAIGHTEN YOUR LEGS. KEEP YOUR FEET RELAXED. MAKE SURE THAT THE HEAD IS SUPPORTING NO MORE THAN 10 PERCENT OF YOUR BODY WEIGHT, THE REST BEING APPLIED ON THE ELBOWS. DO SAVASANA OR STAND STRAIGHT AFTER THIS ASANA TO BRING THE BLOOD FLOW TO NORMAL.

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                    TIME : IN THE BEGINNING, YOU CAN START THIS ASANA FOR 15 SECONDS. INCREASE GRADUALLY 5 TO 10 MINUTES. ONCE CAN EXCEED ITS TIME UP BY 1/2 HOUR, BUT THIS SORT OF PRACTICE SHOULD BE DONE UNDER AN EXPERT.

                 BENEFITS : IT IMPROVES BLOOD CIRCULATION TO THE BRAIN WHICH IMPROVES OVERALL HEALTH AND EFFICIENCY OF EYES, EARS AND NOSE. THE ASANA PUTS PRESSURE ON THE PITUITARY GLAND WHICH HELPS TO INCREASE ITS EFFICIENCY,  AND IN TURN THE EFFICIENCY OF ALL OTHER HORMONE-PRODUCING ENDOCRINE GLANDS WHICH ARE CONTROLLED BY IT. SIRSANA IMPROVES MEMORY, INTELLIGENCE AND SPIRITUAL POWER.

                   IT ACTS DIRECTLY ON THE THYROID GLAND BY BALANCING THE METABOLIC FUNCTIONS. MALFUNCTIONING OF THE THYROID CAN RESULT IN MANY AILMENTS EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY. THE HEADSTAND YOGA POSE HELPS TO BRING PERFECT HEALTH TO THIS VITAL ORGAN. SIRSANA HELPS IN COMBATING SEXUAL DISORDERS SUCH AS PROSTATE PROBLEMS HYDROCELE, LEUCORRHEA, SPERMATORRHEA, AND ALL GENERAL MENOPAUSAL AND MENSTRUAL AILMENTS. THE YOGA POSE DRAINS BLOOD FROM THE ASSOCIATED SEXUAL ENDOCRINE GLANDS AND ORGANS, THUS IMPROVES THE FUNCTIONAL EFFICIENCY.

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                             THE FACIAL SKIN IS ALSO IMPROVED THROUGH REGULAR PRACTICE OF SIRSASANA. PIMPLES AND WRINKLES ARE OFTEN CAUSED BY INADEQUATE REMOVAL OF WASTE MATERIALS AND INSUFFICIENT NOURISHMENT FROM THE BLOOD. SIRSASANA DIRECTS AN OXYGEN RICH FLOW OF BLOOD TO THE FACIAL SKIN THEREBY IMPROVING THE FACIAL COMPLEXION. HAIR LOSS, GREYING OF HAIR AND BALDNESS ARE OFTEN CAUSED DUE TO POOR BLOOD CIRCULATION IN THE SCALP. SIRSASANA DOESN'T ONLY DIRECT ENRICHED BLOOD TO THE BRAIN, IT ALSO SENDS IT TO THE SCALP. THE TRANSFORMING OF GREY INTO ITS ORIGINAL COLOR AND GOOD GROWTH OF HAIR IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE PRACTICE OF THIS HEADSTAND POSE.

                              THE ASANA IS HELPFUL IN CURING CONDITIONS, RELATED TO SPERMOTORRHEA (DHATU ROG) SUCH AS NIGHTFALL, GONORRHEA, IMPOTENCE, ETC.

                         PRECAUTIONS : THOSE SUFFERING FROM EAR RELATED PROBLEMS LKE PUS IN EARS OR OTITIS MEDIA SHOULD AVOID THIS ASANA. INDIVIDUALS WTH SHORT SIGHTEDNESS, WEAK BLOOD VESSELS IN THE EYES, AND RED EYES SHOULD NOT PERFORM SIRSANA. IT SHOULD ALSO BE AVOIDED  UNDER OTHER HEALTH CONDITIONS SUCH AS HEART DISEASES, HIGH OR LOW BLOOD PRESSURE, BACK PAIN, THROMBOSIS, ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, ETC. AVOID THIS ASANA AFTER PERFORMING AEROBIC EXERCISE OR A RIGOROUS EXERCISE. THE BODY TEMPERATURE SHOULD BE NORMAL WHILE DOING SIRSASANA. DO NOT PRACTICE IF YOU HAVE COLD, COUGH OR FEVER.

                                  EKPAD SHIRHASANA 

                    (ONE LEG - BEHIND - HEAD POSE)

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                         THIS ASANA IS VERY HELPFUL FOR MAINTAINING ABDOMINAL HEALTH AND IMPROVES BLOOD CIRCULATION IN THE ORGANS AROUND THE AREA. IT STRENGTHENS BACKBONE. THIS ASANA IMPROVES HAEMOGLOBIN LEVELS IN THE BODY AND BOOSTS ENERGY LEVELS AND BRAIN POWER.

                       METHOD : STAND IN SAVDHAN MUDRA. RISE YOUR SHOULDERS BY STRETCHING YOUR ARM UPWARD, SO THAT FIGURES OF BOTH THE HANDS TOUCH EACH OTHER. NOW COME TO TADASAN POSITION, PUTTING YOUR WAIST STRAIGHT. RAISE THE LEFT LEG USING BOTH HANDS AND BRING TO THE LEVEL OF THE LEFT SHOULDER. PLACE THE LEG BEHIND THE NECK AND PLACE HANDS ON THE PRAYER POSITION, CLOSE TO THE CHEST. HOLD YOUR RIGHT THIGH WITH YOUR RIGHT ARM AND THEN REST YOUR FOREARM ON THE RIGHT CALF AND SLOWLY CLUTCH THE ARCH ON YOUR FOOT. WITH LEFT LEG RESTS ON YOUR CHEST, GRIP YOUR RIGHT FOOT OPPOSITE YOUR RIGHT HAND WITH YOUR LEFT ARM. THEN SLOWLY RAISE YOUR RIGHT FOOT SO THAT IS MAKES A 91 DEGREE ANGLE WITH THE FLOOR. KEEP STRETCHING YOUR KNEE TOWARD THE FLOOR. MOVE YOUR RIGHT HAND TO YOUR RIGHT CALF  AND MAKING SURE THAT YOUR LEFT HAND HOLDS YOUR FOOT. AFTER THIS TRY TO BRING YOUR LEG FORWARD TOWARD YOUR SHOULDER AND THEN TUCK IT OVER. COME BACK TO SAVDHAN MUDRA AND REPEAT THE SAME POSE ON THE OTHER SIDE.

                            BENEFITS : THIS ASANAIMPROVES HAEMOGLOBIN LEVELS IN THE BODY. THE POSE IS ESPECIALLY BENEFICIAL FOR YOUNG GIRLS.

                              MATSYASANA (FISH POSE)

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                         THIS YOGASANA ENSURES A LOT OF HEALTH BENEFITS. IT PROMOTES HEALTHY THROAT AND LUNGS. REGULAR PRACTICE WILL REMOVE STIFFNESS, FROM NECK AND ARMS. THE ASANA TONES THE PARATHYROID, THYROID, PITUITARY AND PINEAL GLANDS.

                         METHOD : SIT IN PADMASANA AND SLOWLY LIE ON YOUR BACK. YOUR FEET ARE TOGETHER AND HANDS RELAXED ALONGSIDE THE BODY. PLACE THE HANDS UNDERNEATH THE HIPS, PALMS FACING DOWN. BRING THE ELBOWS CLOSER TOWARD EACH OTHER. BREATHING IN, LIFT THE HEAD AND CHEST UP. KEEPNG THE CHEST ELEVATED, LOWER THE HEAD BACKWARD AND TOUCH THE TOP OF THE HEAD TO THE FLOOR. WITH THE HEAD LIGHTLY TOUCHING THE FLOOR, PRESS THE ELBOWS FIRMLY INTO THE GROUND, PLACING THE WEIGHT ON THE ELBOW AND NOT ON THE HEAD. LIFT YOUR CHEST UP FROM IN - BETWEEN THE SHOULDER BLADES. PRESS THE THIGHS AND LEGS  TO THE FLOOR. HOLD THE POSE FOR AS LONG AS YOU COMFORTABLY CAN, TAKING GENTLE LONG BREATHS IN AND OUT. RELAX IN THE POSTURE WITH EVERY EXHALATION. NOW LIFT THE HEAD UP, LOWERING THE CHEST AND HEAD TO THE FLOOR. BRING THE HANDS BACK ALONG THE SIDES OF THE BODY. LIE DOWN IN SAVASANA AND RELAX.

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                            BENEFITS : THIS ASANA IS MUCH BENEFICIAL FOR THROAT, CHEST AND ABDOMEN. IT HELPS MAKING INTESTINES ACTVE THUS RELIEVE FROM CONSTIPATION. THE ASANA TONES THE PARATHYROID, THYROID, PITUITARY AND PINEAL GLANDS. THOSE SUFFERING FROM NECK PAIN LUMBAGO, CERVICAL, AND SPONDLOSIS SHOULD PRACTICE THIS POSE DAILY FOR RELIEF. MATSYASANA  ALSO PROVIDES RELIEF FROM RESPIRATORY DISORDERS SUCH AS ATHMA BY ENCOURAGING DEEP BREATHING. IT PROVIDES STRENGTH TO LUNGS. HELPS IN ARTHRITIS, NAVEL DISPLACEMENT, ASTHMA. IT STRENGTHENS VAGINA, AND KEEPS AWAY FROM DISORDERS.

STEP BY STEP ASANA AND ITS BENEFITS !

 

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                          TRIKONASANA (TRIANGLE POSE)

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                           THE TRIANGLE POSE IS CONSISTED OF TWO SANSKRIT WORDS "TRIKON" AND "ASANA". THE MEANING OF "TRIKON" IS TRIANGLE WHILE THE MEANING OF "ASANA" IS POSE. TRIANGLE POSE IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR HEALTH AND WELLNESS. 

                              METHOD : STAND ERECT. NOW KEEP DISTANCE BETWEEN YOUR LEGS ABOUT 1 1/2 FEET EXTEND YOUR ARMS AT THE SHOULDER LEVEL. INHALE AND RAISES YOUR RIGHT ARM BY THE SIDE OF YOUR HEAD. NOW, BEND YOUR RIGHT ARMS AND  PLACE IT AT THE TOE OR HEEL OF THE RIGHT LEG AND LEFT YOUR LEFT ARM TOWARDS UPWARD DIRECTION STRAIGHT. THEN TURN YOUR HEAD TOWARDS LEFT ARM AND THEN EXHALE AND COME TO ORGINAL POSITION. DO THE SAME PROCEDURE WITH THE LEFT ARM IN THE SIMILAR PATTERN. PERFORM THREE TO FIVE ROUNDS OF TRIKONASANA.

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                        BENEFITS : THIS ASANA IS GOOD TO BURN FAT AND RELIEVES BACKACHE. TRIANGLE POSE HELPS TO EXPAND YOUR CHEST AND SHOULDERS. IT ENSURES MOBILITY OF HIP JOINTS AND NECK AND GIVE PROPER STRETCH TO YOUR SPINE. IT STRENGTHENS WAIST, LOWERS THE DEPOSITED FAT ON THE BACK. IT STRENGTHENS THE MUSCLES OF CALF. IT LOWERS NECK PAIN AND LOW BACK PAIN.

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                         PARIVRATA TRIKONASANA

                      (REVOLVED TRIANGLE POSE)

                                         THE ASANA HELPS STRENGTHEN LEGS AND BACKBONE, AND BACK PORTION OF BODY. REGULAR PRACTISE WILL PROVIDE RELIEF FROM BREATHING TROUBLES, LOW BACK PAIN, ASTHMA AND INDIGESTION.

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                             METHOD : STAND STRAIGHT ON YOGA MAT. OPEN LEGS TOWARDS FRONT AND BACK. RAISE YOUR ARMS UPWARD SO THEY ARE IN LINE WITH YOUR SHOULDERS AND THE PALMS ARE FACING DOWNWARDS. LOOK STRAIGHT AND BREATHE SLOWLY. TURN AND PRACTISE THE OTHER SIDE. CHANGE THE POSITION OF LEGS, AS PER CONVENIENCE.

                           BENEFITS : THE ASANA STRENGTHENS AND STRETCHES THE LEGS. 

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                         SIDDHASANA (THE PERFECT POSE)

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                        MANY YOGIS HAVE PREFERRED THIS POSTURE. THEY HAVE CONSIDERED IT AN ACCOMPLISHED (PERFECT) POSE. HENCE, IT IS REFERRED TO AS SIDDHASANA (SIDDH - PERFECT, ASANA POSE).

                        METHOD : SIT ON THE FLOOR WITH LEGS CLOSE TO EACH OTHER. TAKE THE LEFT FOOT AND PLACE IT AT THE PERINEUM. THE PERINEUM IS THE SOFT TISSUE BETWEEN THE ANUS AND THE TESTIS. NOW TAKE THE RIGHT FOOT AND PLACES ITS HEEL OVER THE HEEL OF LEFT FOOT.  TO MAKE THE POSTURE STEADIER, SLIDE THE RIGHT FOOT TOES INTO THE SPACE BETWEEN THE LEFT CALF MUSCLES. THIS MAY REQUIRE SOME ADJUSTMENT TO THE POSITION. IT IS LIKE CREATING A LOCK, SO THAT THE LOWER BODY IS STABLE FOR LONG DURATION OF MEDITATION. THE KNEES SHOULD TOUCH THE FLOOR. NOW STRAIGHTEN YOUR SPINE. GAZE AT THE SPACE BETWEEN THE EYEBROWS. FOCUS ON YOUR BREATHING PROCESS. THE BREATHING SHOULD BE NATURAL AND DEEP. ONE MAY ALSO PRACTICE UJJAYI BREATHING ACCORDING TO ONE'S MEDITATION TECHNIQUE. THE HANDS CAN BE KEPT ON THE KNEES. ONE MAY ASSUME THE JNANA MUDRA WITH THE FINGERS. SPINE SHOULD BE STRAIGHT IN POSITION. MAINTAIN THIS POSITION FOR AS LONG AS YOU ARE COMFORTABLE.

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                            BENEFITS : THE POSTURE IS CONSIDERED THE PERFECT MEDITATION POSTURE FOR ANYONE PRACTICING CELIBACY. SIDDHASANA IS ALSO BENEFICIAL FOR MEN HAVING PROSTATE PROBLEMS. THE PERFECT POSTURE (SIDDHASANA) IS BELIEVED TO HELP IN AROUSING THE DIVINE COSMIC POWER (KUNDALINI SHAKTI) DORMANT IN THE LOWEST NERVE CENTER AT THE SPINAL COLUMN BASE BY THE PURIFICATION OF NADIS (DUCTS FOR PASSAGE OF NERVOUS ENERGY). REGULAR PRACTICE OF THIS ASANA IMPROVES DIGESTION AND STRENGTHENS HEART. IT ALSO HELPS WITH OTHE CONDITIONS SUCH AS NIGHTFALL, GONORRHEA ETC.

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THE ASANAS (PASHCHIMOTASANA, MARKATASANA, USTRASANA)

 

                                    PASHCHIMOTASANA

                                   (FORWARD BEND POSE)

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                           THIS ASANA COVERS THE STRETCHING OF THE WHOLE BODY FROM HEAD TO HEELS AND STRENGTHENS ABDOMINAL MUSCLES. TEENAGERS SHOULD PRACTICE THIS ASANA AS IT HELPS INCREASING HEIGHT.

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                                METHOD : SIT DOWN IN DANADASANA POSITION WITH YOUR LEGS TOGETHER BY STRETCHING IN FRONT OF YOU. KEEP YOUR HEAD, NECK AND SPINE ERECT. PLACE THE PALMS ON YOUR RESPECTIVE KNEES. NOW BEND YOUR HEAD AND TRUNK SLOWLY FORWARD TO EATCH THE TOES WITH THE THUMB, INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGERS WITHOUT BENDING KNEES. TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND EXHALE SLOWLY. BEND THE ARM AND TRY TO SUPPORT THE ELBOW ON THE FLOOR. BEND THE ARM AND TRY TO SUPPORT THE ELBOW ON THE FLOOR. STAY IN THIS POSTURE FOR 1-3 MINUTES. EXHALE COMPLETELY AND COME TO THE NORMAL POSITION. AFTER THIS ASANA, YOU SHOULD PRACTICE BHUJANGASANA OR SHALABHASANA.

                          BENEFITS : THE ASANA STRETCHES THE SPINE AND BRINGS FLEXIBILITY. IT ALSO TONES THE ABDOMINAL PELVIC ORGANS. GOOD FOR CONSTIPATIONS AND DIGESTIVE DISORDER. ACCORDING  TO HATHA YOGA PRADIPIKA, THIS IS AN EXCELLENT ASANA THAT MAKES THE BREATH FLOWS TO THE SUSHUMNA (THE DEEP SPINE), AROUSES THE GASTRIC FIRE, AND REMOVES ALL DISEASES. THE NADIS GET PURIFIED AND HELPS TO ACTIVATE THE KUNDALINI SHAKTI.

                      IT IS VERY USEFUL FOR INCREASING HEIGHT. REGULAR PRACTISE CURE IMPOTENCY AND ENHANCES THE SEXUAL POWER.

                       ARDHABADHA PADMA PASHCHIMOTASANA (HALF BOUND LOTUS FORWARD FOLD)

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                              THE ASANA IS VERY HELPFUL IN STRENTHENING SPINE AND ABDOMINAL MUSCLES. IT ALSO PROVIDES MAGICAL RESULTS WITH THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM.

                          METHOD : SIT ON A MAT WITH BOTH LEGS STRETCHEDIN FRONT. BEND THE LEFT LEG AND PLACE THE LEFT FOOT ON THE RIGHT THIGH, TURNING THE SOLE OF THE FOOT UP AND HEEL TOUCHING THE ABDOMEN. LEAN FORWARD FROM THE HIPS, GRASP THE TOES OF THE RIGHT FOOT WITH RIGHT HAND FIGURES. USING THE ARMS, NOT THE BACK MUSCLES, SLOWLY PULL THE TRUNK FORWARD TO PLACE THE FOREHEAD RESTNG ON THE STRAIGHT KNEE. THIS IS THE FINAL POSITION. HOLD THE POSE FOR AS LONG AS IT IS COMFORTABLE. TAKE DEEP BREATHS.

                     BENEFITS : THE ASANA IS VERY HELPFUL IN KEEPING THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM HEALTHY.

                      MARKATASANA (MONKEY POSE)

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                              MARKASANA IS EXCELLENT POSE FOR IMPROVNG FLEXBILITY OF THE SPINE AND IT BENEFITS THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ORGANS. THIS POSE IS ALSO KNOWN AS MONKEY POSE AS MARKAT IS THE SANSKRIT NAME FOR MONKEY.

                             METHOD : LIE DOWN STRAIGHT ON THE GROUND AND SPREAD OUT HANDS WIDE APART. MAKE SURE THE PALMS FACE UP. WHILE INHALING, BEND YOUR LEGS FROM YOUR KNEES AND KEEP THEM AT THE BUTTOCKS. TRY TO TOUCH YOUR KNEES TO THE FLOOR ON THE RIGHT SIDE. LOOK TO THE LEFT AS FAR AS POSSIBLE. HOLD ON TO THIS POSITION AS LONG AS YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE. YOUR HANDS, ARMS AND SHOULDERS SHOULD REST FIRMLY ON GROUND AND SHOULD NOT MOVE WHILE TURNING YOUR KNEES OR NECK. NOW EXHALE AND COME BACK TO THE STARTING POSITION. NOW DO THIS ASANA TO THE OTHER SIDE.

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                             BENEFITS : IT ENSURES A FLEXIBLE SPINE AND PROVIDES RELIEF FROM CONDITIONS INCLUDING SPONDYLITIS, LOW PAIN, SLIP DISC, AND SCIATICA. IT GIVES RELIEF IN SPINAL DISORDERS.  IT CURVES STOMACH ACHE, CONSTIPATION, GAS AND DYSENTRY, AND GIVES RELIEF TO THE STOMACH. MARKATASANA IS HELPFUL IN THIGHS' PAIN AND ARTHRITIS.

                                 USTRASANA (CAME POSE)

                          THIS YOGASANA IS VERY HELPFUL IN CURING A VERIETY OF HEALTH PROBLEMS ESPECIALLY BREATHING PROBLEMS. REGULAR PRACTICE OF THIS ASANA WILL ENHANCE YOUR CHEST AREA AND STRAIGHTEN THE BACK.

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                        METHOD : SIT IN VAJRASANA POSITION. KNEEL ON THE YOGA MAT AND PLACE YOUR HANDS ON HIPS. BEND YOUR LEGS BY THE KNEES AND SIT ON YOUR HEELS PLACING THE BUTTOCKS BETWEEN THE HEELS, THE RIGHT BIG TOE OVERLAPPING THE LEFT. KNEE ON FLOOR KEEPING YOUR KNEES IN LINE WITH THE SHOULDERS AND SOLE OF THE FEET FACING THE CEILING. KEEP YOUR HANDS PARALLEL TO THIGHS. INHALE AND ARCH YOUR BACK AND PLACE YOUR PALMS ON THE HEELS OF THE FEET. KEEP YOUR ARMS STRAIGHT. BREATHE OUT AND SLOWLY COME TO THE NORMAL POSITION WITHDRAWING YOUR HANDS FROM THE FEET. REPEAT THE CYCLE AT LEAST 3-4 TIMES.

                     BENEFITS : THIS ASANA IS VERY HELPFUL FOR MAINTAINING A HEALTHY RESPIRATORY SYSTEM. IT STRENGTHENS LUNGS WHICH FURTHER HELPS ASTHMA PATIENTS. IT STRETCHES AND OPENS THE FRONT OF THE BODY. IT ALSO STRENGTHENS THE BACK AND SHOULDERS. THE ASANA IMPROVES FLEXIBILITY OF THE SPINE, ENHANCES POSTURES AND CURVES ALL CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH SPINE INCLUDING CERVICAL, SPONDYLITIS, AND SCIATICA. THYROID PATIENTS CAN ALSO BENEFIT FROM THE ASANA.

HALASANA, UTTANAPADASANA, PADMASANA (THE YOGA)

 

                             HALASANA (THE PLOW POSE)

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                                 HALASANA IS ONE OF ADVANCED YOGA POSE, SIMPLE TO PRACTICE AND CONTAINS LOTS OF BENEFITS. "HALA" MEANS "PLOW" AND "ASANA" MEANS "POSE" . THE BODY TAKES SHAPE OF A PLOW IS A MOST POPULAR AGRICULTURE INSTRUMENT USED TO PREPARE THE SOIL FOR SOWING SEEDS. LIKEWISE PLOW, HALASANA REJUVENATE THE INNER PART OF YOUR BODY AND MAKE IT HEALTHY AGAIN.

                           METHOD : LIE ON THE CARPET WITH BACKSIDE DOWN AND JOINT THE LEGS TOGETHER. RAISE THE LEGS AT ANGLE OF 90 DEGREE. THRUST THE PALMS, RAISE THE WAIST AND LEGS, BENDING FORWARD CURVING THE BACK AND RESTING THE LEGS ON THE FLOOR ABOVE HEAD. LITTLE BY LITTLE TRY TO PLACE THE TOES ON THE FLOOR AND KEEP THE LEGS STRAIGHT BALANCE THE WHOLE WEIGHT ON THE SHOULDER BLADE,  SHIFT BOTH THE HANDS OVER THE HEAD, JOIN THE FINGERS, HOLD THE HEAD WITH IT AND RELAX THE ELBOWS ON THE FLOOR. NOVICES SHOULD BE REMAINED IN THAT POSITION FOR MINIMUM 10 SECONDS. AFTER REGULAR PRACTICE, YOU CAN HOLD ON TO THE POSITION FOR AS LONG AS 2 MINUTES. THEN RELEASE THE FINGERS ABOVE THE HEAD, PRESSING THE PALS ON THE FLOOR TAKING BACK THE THUMB TOE GENTLY BRING THE BODY AND LEGS TO THE FLOOR. PRACTICE ONE TIME ONLY. AFTER FINISHING HALASANA YOU MUST DO SAVASANA TOO, FOR RELAXATION.

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                                BENEFITS : HALASANA STRENGTHENS THE NECK, SHOULDERS, ABS AND BACK MUSCLES. IT CALMS THE NERVOUS SYSTEM, REDUCES STRESS AND FATIGUE. IT WORKS AS MAGIC FOR SKIN BY ADDING YOURSELF GLOW. THE ASANA IMPROVES VISION AND PROVIDES RELIEF EYE PROBLEMS. REGULAR PRACTICE WILL RETARD AGEING PROCESS AND ENHANCES THE FUNCTIONING OF THYROID AND PARATHYROID GLANDS. IT HELPS WOMEN DURNG MENOPAUSE, CLEARS CONSTIPATION AND STOMACH DISORDERS. MENSTRUAL DISORDERS IN WOMEN WILL ALSO GET CURED. THE ASANA CAN HELP PATIENTS OF TUBERCULOSIS, ASTHMA, AND BREATHING DISORDERS. THIS ASANA S VERY HELPFUL IN THE AILMENTS PERTAINING TO LVER, SPLEEN AND STOMACH. IN HAIR GROWTH ALSO.

                       PRECAUTION : THOSE SUFFERING FROM LUMBAGO, NECK PAIN, HERNIA, HEART DISEASE, SPONDYLOSIS AND HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE SHOULD NOT PRACTICE THIS YOGA POSE. ALTHOUGH THIS ASANA IS A LITTLE DIFFICULT, YOU MUST EXERICISE PATIENTLY WHILE PRACTISING IT. IT IS BETTER TO PRACTISE IT UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF AN EXPERIENCED YOGA GURU. AVOID PRACTISING HALASA IF YOU HAVE INJUIRED YOUR NECK, SUFFERING FROM DIARRHEA AND HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE.

                                     UTTANAPADASANA

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                        IN SANSKRIT, "UTTANA" MEANS "RAISED", AND "PADA" MEANS "FEET" . IN THIS YOGA POSTURE, THE FEET ARE RAISED UP.

                       

METHOD : LIE DOWN COMFORTABLY ON YOUR YOGA MAT. PLACE YOUR HANDS BY YOUR SIDE AND YOUR HEELS TOGETHER. NOW AS YOU INHALE F YOUR LEGS UP TOGETHER TO THE 30 DEGREE POSITION (1 FEET), WHILE LIFTING YOUR HEAD OFF THE GROUND. HOLD THIS POSITION FOR A FEW SECONDS AND THEN GENTLY BRING YOUR LEGS BACK TO THE FLOOR. NEXT, INHALE AGAIN AND RAISE YOUR LEGS TO THE 30 DEGREE POSITION. LOWER YOUR LEGS BACK TO THE FLOOR AFTER A FEW SECONDS. REPEAT THIS FOR 3-6 TIMES. IF YOU FIND THAT LIFTING BOTH YOUR LEGS TOGETHER IS DIFFICULT OR SUFFER FROM BACK PAIN, TRY RAISING ONE LEG AT A TIME. SOON YOU WILL BE FLEXIBLE ENOUGH TO LIFT BOTH YOUR LEGS TOGETHER.

                             BENEFITS : THE ASANA IS VERY HELPFUL FOR INTENSTINES AND STRENGTHENS THEM. IT HELPS IN PROVIDING RELIEF FROM GAS, CONSIPATION, AND OBESITY. THE ASANA IS ALSO BELIEVED TO HELP PEOPLE WITH HEART DISEASE, NAVAL DISLOCATION, STOMACH ACHE AND BREATHING PROBLEM. WHEN PRACTISED WITH ONE LEG EACH ALTERNATELY, HELPS IN LOW BACK PAIN.

                                   PADAMASANA (LOTUS POSE)

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                             THIS IS SIMPLE AND EASY ASANA TO DO. IT HELPS MAINTAINING A STRAIGHT POSTURE AND IS A IMPORTANT POSITION FOR MEDITATION.

                            METHOD : SIT ON THE FLOOR IN DANDASANA AND STRETCH YOUR LEGS, YOUR LEGS SHOULD LIE STRAIGHT. HOLD THE RIGHT LEG IN BOTH THE HANDS, FOLD THE LEGS SLOWLY AND PLACE IT ON YOUR LEFT THIGH. ENSURE THAT YOUR FEET SHOULD TOUCH YOUR NAVEL. FOLD THE LEFT KNEE, AND HOLD IT WITH BOTH HANDS AND PLACE IT ON THE RIGHT THIGH CLOSE TO THE OTHER. AT THIS POINT, YOUR BOTH KNEES SHOULD TOUCH THE FLOOR AND THE FOOT SHOULD FACE UPWARDLY. YOUR SPINAL CORD SHOULD BE STRAIGHT AT THIS POINT. IF YOU FEEL SOME DIFFICULTY WHILE SITTING IN THE POSTURE FOR A LONG TIME, YOU CAN CHANGE THE LEGS AND THEN SIT ON THE SAME POSITION. YOUR SPINA CORD SHOULD BE ERECT, YOUR BOTH HANDS SHOULD BE TOGETHER BE TOGETHER OR PUT THE PALMS FACING UPSIDE ON THE KNEE JOINTS AND THE THUMB MUST TOUCH YOUR INDEX FINGER AND THE OTHER FINGERS SHOULD FACE UPWARD. DO THIS ASANA FOR 1 TO 2 MINUTES IN THE BEGINNING STAGE, ONCE YOU ARE USED TO IT THEN SLOWLY AND SLOWLY INCREASE THE TIME. STRICTLY AVOID BENDING YOUR BODY OR HEAD WHILE DOING THIS ASANA.

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                          BENEFITS : PADMASANA IS VERY USEFUL INCREASING THE FOCUS OF MIND AND CONCENTRATION. IT HELPS IN IMPROVING THE CONCENTRATION POWER AND IT CALMS THE BRAIN ALSO. THE ASANA IS HELPFUL FOR STUDENTS AS IT INCREASES CONCENTRATION POWER, MEMORY AND PROVIDES GOOD SLEEP.

THE ASANAS AND ITS BENEFITS !

 

                                SARVANGASANA 

                              (SHOULDER STAND)

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                             SARVANGASANA IS ONE OF THE ADVANCED YOGA POSE PACKED WITH LOT OF HEALTH BENEFITS. IT IS A TOTAL BODY WORKOUT POSE AND HENCE THE NAME. IT STRENGTHENS ALL THE INNER ORGANS OF YOUR BODY AND KEEPS THEM STRONG AND HEALTHY.

                  ❤   METHOD : LIE ON THE CARPET WITH LEGS TOGETHER. RAISE THE LEGS TO AN ANGLE OF 90 DEGREE. NOW PRESS THE FLOOR WITH YOUR PALMS, LIFT THE WAIST AND BRING THE LEGS FORWARD. THEN KEEP THEM VERTICAL TO THE GROUND. BEND THE HANDS, HOLD THE WAIST WITH THE PALMS, BALANCING AND RAISE THE LEGS TO AN ANGLE OF 90 DEGREE TO THE FLOOR. BODY AND LEGS SHOULD BE STRAIGHT VERTICAL TO THE FLOOR. THE WHOLE WEIGHT OF THE BODY RESTING ON THE SHOULDER BLADE AND ADJUST IF IT IS NOT STRAIGHT. REST THE ELBOW ON THE FLOOR WITH PALMS SUPPORTING THE BODY. GAZE AT THE TOE NAIL. LEGS SHOULD NOT MOVE. LOWER THE LEGS TOE AND BACK. TAKE THE HANDS FROM THE BACK AND PLACE IT ON THE FLOOR. BRISKLY BRING THE BACK TO THE FLOOR, THE LEGS AND LIE DOWN. DO NOT STRIKE THE LEGS ON THE GROUND OR GIVE JERK TO YOUR BACK WHILE COMING BACK TO START POSITION. THIS FINISHES ONE CYCLE. LIE DOWN IN SAVASANA FOR A FEW MINUTIES TO RELAX.

                      👀   BENEFITS : IT IS A COMPLETE BODY EXERCISE THAT PURIFIES BLOOD, STRENGTHENS NERVOUS SYSTEM, HEART, AND LUNGS. THE ASANA MAINTAINS A HEALTHY BLOOD CIRCULATORY SYSTEM, RESPIRATORY SYSTEM, AND DIGESTIVE SYSTEM. REGULAR PRACTICE BOOSTS VISION AND RECTIFIES DISORDERS EARS, NOSE AND THROAT. IT BEAUTIFIES SKIN, REDUCES WRINKLES IN FACE, AGED LOOK AND STIFFNESS. SARVANGASANA IS VERY BENEFICIAL FOR SINGERS, AS IT IMPROVES VOICE AND MAKES IT MELODIES. THOSE WHO FEEL EXERCESSIVE HEAT OR COLD ON THEIR FEET SHOULD ALSO PRACTICE THIS ASANA. HAIR LOSS AND PREMATURE GRAYING OF HAIR CAN BE CONTROLLED. THIS ASANA IS KNOWN TO REVERSE AGEING AND ADD A YOUTHFUL GLOW TO FACE.

                 💟  PRECAUTIONS : THOSE SUFFERING FROM HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, HEART, PROBLEMS, MIDDLE EAR TROUBLE, CAPILLARY, WEAK EYE, SPONDYLOSIS, AND SLIPPED DISC SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT THIS ASANA. PREGNANT LADIES SHOULD ALSO AVOID PRACTICE THIS EXERCISE. THIS IS RANKED AMONG ONE OF THE TOUGHEST ASANAS. HENCE, MAKE SURE YOU PRACTICE IT UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF A TRAINED YOGI.

                         BHUJANGASANA (COBRA POSE)

                            BHUJANGASANA OR THE COBRA POSE, IS ONE OF THE MAIN BACKWARD BENDING ASANAS. IN BHUJANGASANA, THE HEAD AND TRUNK RESEMBLES A COBRA WITH RAISED HOOD, HENCE THE NAME (BHUJANGA MEANS COBRA IN SANSKRIT). BHUJANGASANA IS EASY TO PERFORM AND IS INTEGRATED INTO OTHER YOGA PRACTICES LIKE THE SURYA NAMASKARA,  WHERE IT APPEARS AS THE 8TH POSE IN THE SERIES OF 12 POSES. BHUJANGASANA MAY STRENGTHENS THE SPINE, STRETCH THE CHEST, SHOULDERS, AND ABDOMEN, FIRM THE BUTTOCKS, AND RELIEVE STRESS AND FATIGUE. TRADITIONAL TEXTS SAY THAT BHUJANGASANA INCREASES BODY HEAT, DESTROYES DISEASES, AND AWAKENS KUNDALINI.

                           ❤ METHOD : LIE DOWN ON YOUR STOMACH WITH HANDS ON THE SIDE, TOES TOUCHING TOGETHER. BRING YOUR HANDS TO THE FRONT AT THE SHOULDER LEVEL, WITH PALMS RESTING ON THE FLOOR. SLOWLY RAISE YOUR TRUNK AND HEAD WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE PALMS ALONE. THE ARMS SHOULD BE SLIGHTLY BENT AT THE ELBOWS. ARCH YOUR NECK SLIGHTLY BACKWARDS, SO THAT THE POSE LOOKS LIKE A COBRA WITH RAISED HOOD. BREATHE NORMALLY AND BE IN THIS POSE AS PER YOUR COMFORT, YOU SHOULD NOT PUT PRESSURE ON THE BACK. HOLD THE ASANAS FOR FEW SECONDS IN THE BEGINNING STAGES. ONE MAY GO UP TO 2 MINUTES AS ONE PROGRESSESS. YOU CAN RELEASES THE POSE BY BRINGING THE HANDS BACK TO THE SIDES AND RESTING YOUR HEAD ON THE FOREHEAD. THEN, PLACE THE HANDS UNDER YOUR HEAD LIKE A PILLOW. BEND AND REST YOUR HEAD ON ONE SIDE AND BREATHE NORMALLY.

                         👀  BENEFITS : IT STRENGTHENS THE BACK MUSCLES ESPECIALLY THE LOWER BACK. THE ASANA RELIEVES  BACK PAIN, NECK PAIN, AND SCIATICA. IT KEEPS THYROID AND TONSILS GLANDS HEALTHY. BHUJANGASANA STRENGTHENS THE SPINE, STRETCH AND CHEST, SHOULDERS, AND ABDOMEN, FIRM THE BUTTOCKS, AND RELIEVE STRESS AND FATIGUE. IT IS PANACEA FOR DIABETES. IT ALSO STRENGTHEN WOMEN'S OVARY AND UTERUS. IT MAKES SPINE FLEXIBLE. THE ASANA IS VERY HELPFUL FOR THOSE SUFFERING FROM THE PROBLEM OF NAVEL DISPLACEMENT.

                      💟 PRECAUTIONS : THOSE SUFFERING FROM HERNIA, ULCER AND HEART DISEASES SHOULD NOT PRACTICE THIS ASANA. PREGNANT LADIES MUST PRACTICE THIS ASANA UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF AN EXPERT YOGA GURU.

                         BHUJANGASANA - A

                        THIS YOGA ASANA REMOVES STRESS FROM LUNGS AND CHEST. IT PROVIDES STRENGTH TO ABDOMEN AND ARMS. THE ASANA PROVIDES FLEXIBILITY TO SPINE AND HELPS RELIEVE FATIGUE AND STRESS. REGULAR PRACTIVE OF THIS ASANA IMPROVES BLOOD CIRCULATION IN THE SPINAL REGION.

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                               LIE DOWN ON YOUR STOMACH AND PLACE YOUR HANDS ADJACENT TO CHEST AND SHOULDERS. KEEP ELBOWS LIFTED ABOVE THE FLOOR. TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND LIFT THE CHEST ABOVE THE FLOOR. KEEP LIFTING UNTIL YOU HAVE THE UPPER BODY (UP TO NAVEL) ABOVE THE FLOOR. HOLD ON TO THE POSITION FOR SOME TME AND RETURN BACK TO NORMAL POSITION WHILE EXHALING.

                                  👀   BENEFITS : IT REMOVES FATIGUE AND STRESS.

                                        BHUJANGASANA - B

                                  THIS ASANA HELPS CHEST AND LUNGS HEALTHY AND FIT.  IT ALSO REMVOVES EXERTION. BHUJANGASANA B RELIEVES LOW BACK PAIN AND SLIP DISC. REGULAR PRACTISE WILL IMPROVE FUNCTIONING AND OVERALL HEALTH OF LIVER, KIDNEY AND LUNGS. THOSE SUFFERING FROM HERNIA OR ABDOMINAL ULCER MUST AVOID PRACTICING THIS ASANA.

                           ❤   METHOD : THIS IS ALSO REFERRED TO AS COMPLETE BHUJANGASANA. IT MUST BE PRACTICED ONLY ONCE YOU GAIN EXPERTISE IS DOING BASIC LEVELS OF BHUJANGASANA.

                          👀  BENEFITS : THE ASANA IMPROVES FUNCTIONING OF CHEST AND LUNGS.

                     SHALABHASANA (THE LOCUST POSE)

                          SHALABHASANA OR THE LOCUST YOGA POSE IS SO CALLED BECAUSE THE BODY AND THE LEGS RESEMBLE A LOCUST WHEN IT IS PERFORMED.

                            ❤   METHOD : LIE ON YOUR STOMACH WITH THE CHIN STRETCHED AND TOUCHING THE GROUND. KEEP THE HANDS ON THE SIDE. SLOWLY BRING YOUR HANDS UNDER THE LEGS TO SUPPORT THEM. INHALE SLOWLY AND DEEPLY AND LIFT YOUR RIGHT LEG UPWARDS, WITHOUT BENDING THE KNEES, AS MUCH AS YOU CAN AND WITHOUT STRAINING. MAINTAIN THIS POSITION FOR AS LONG AS YOU CAN. SLOWLY RELEASE POSITION BY BRINGING DOWN THE RIGHT LEG BACK TO THE ORIGINAL POSITION. EXHALE DURING THIS PROCESS. REST FOR FEW SECONDS AND BREATHE NORMALLY AND DEEPLY. THIS COMPLETE ONE CYCLE. NOW TRY THE ABOVE STEPS WITH YOUR LEFT LIFTED ABOVE THE GROUND. THIS PROCESS CAN BE DONE AT LEAST 3-5 TIMES.

                     👀 BENEFITS : SHALABHASANA IS VERY HELPFUL FOR NAVAL HEALTH. IT HELPS THOSE SUFFERING FROM NAVAL DISPLACEMENT. THE ASANA STRENGTHENS THE LOW BACK MUSCLES, CHEST AND SHOULDERS. WOMEN CAN FIND RELIEF IN THEIR MENSTRUAL PROBLEMS AND MAINTAINS UTERUS HEALTH HELPS IN CONCEPTION. IT STRENGTHENS THE LOW BACK, ABDOMINAL ORGANS, SCIATICA NERVE, PROSTATE GLANDS AND KIDNEY. IT STRENGTHEN THE DISGESTIVE SYSTEM AND BACK PART OF THE BODY. IT HELPS IN SEMINAL PROBLEMS ALSO.

               💟   PRECAUTIONS : THOSE SUFFERING FROM HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE HEART DISEASE, ULCER OR HERNIA SHOULD AVOID PRACTISING THE ASANA.

                        💫  NOTE : THIS IS A TOUCH ASANA. HENCE, YOU SHOULD NOT BE IN A HURRY WHILE PRACTICING THIS.

THE YOGA ASANAS AND ITS BENEFITS

 

                           THE TYPES OF YOGA ASANAS 

                                        AND ITS USES!

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                             💟 URDHVA DHANURASANA                                                                 (CHAKRASANA)💟

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                            BY DOING THIS ASANA, EACH MUSCLE OF THE BODY WORKS PROPERLY. IT STRENGTHENS THE MUSCLES THAT CONTROL OF YOUR SHOULDER BLADES AND LOW BACK MUSCULATURE. IT IS VERY HELPFUL IN PROVIDING STRENGTH TO HANDS AND WRISTS. THE ASANA HELPS KEEP STOMACH, LEGS, AND SPINE IN GOOD HEALTH. REGULAR PRACTISE WILL FILL IN THE BODY WITH ENERGY. HELPS RELIEVING DEPRESSION.

                           METHOD : LIE SPINE ON THE FLOOR. BEND YOUR KNEES AND SET YOUR FEET ON THE FLOOR, HEELS AS COME TO THE SITTING BONES AS POSSIBLE. BEND YOUR ELBOWS AND SPREAD YOUR PALMS ON THE FLOOR BESIDE YOUR HEAD, FOREARMS RELATIVELY PERPENDICULAR TO THE FLOOR, FINGERS POINTING TOWARDS YOUR SHOULDERS. PRESSING YOUR INNER FEET ACTIVELY INTO THE FLOOR, EXHALE AND PUSH YOUR TAILBONE UP TOWARDS THE PUBIS, FIRMING (BUT NOT HARDENING) THE BUTTOCKS, AND LIFT THE BUTTOCKS OFF THE FLOOR. KEEP YOUR THIGHS AND INNER FEET PARALLEL.

                           

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                    BENEFITS : IT GIVES GREAT FLEXIBILITY TO THE SPINE THUS DELAY OLD AGE AND STRENGTHENS LIVER, PANCREAS, AND KIDNEYS. INCREASES ENERGY AND COUNTERACTS DEPRESSION. IT HELPS THOSE SUFFERING FROM SPONDYLITIS, CERVICAL PAIN, HEADACHE, BREATHING PROBLEMS AND CONDITIONS RELATED TO VISION. IT ENERGIZES THE BODY, MAKING IT POWERFUL AND ACTIVE. IT HELPS IN ROMOVING DISORDERS OF UTERUS, IN WOMEN. IT STRENGTHENS THE MUSCLES OF UPPER AND LOWER LIMBS.

                               PRECAUTIONS : THOSE SUFFERING FROM HEART DISEASE, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, AND WEAK WRISTS SHOULD NOT PRACTISE THIS ASANA. LADIES SHOULD AVOID PRACTISING THE ASANA DURING PREGNANCY AND PERIODS. THIS IS A TOUGH ASANA AND SHOULD BE PRACTISED ONLY UNDER AN EXPERT.

                  UTTHITA ARDHA DHANURASANA

                  (STANDING HALF BOW POSE)

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                           IT STRENGTHENS SPINE AND LEGS AND TUNE UP THE ABDOMINAL ORGANS.

                           METHOD : STAND IN STRAIGHT ON A MAT. GRADUALLY TRANSFER YOUR WEIGHT ON TO THE LEFT FOOT, AND TAKE YOUR RIGHT FOOT BACK TO PLACE THE BIG TOE ON THE FLOOR BEHIND YOU. WITH HANDS ON HIPS, LIFT OUT OF YOUR LOWR BACK AND ARCH YOUR BACK INTO A LONG BEND.

                        BEND THE RIGHT KNEE AND LIFT THE HEEL HIGH IN THE AIR. STAY IN THIS BACKBEND FOR A FEW BREATHS TO STRENGTHEN THE BACK MUSCLES. BRIG THE HEEL TOWARD THE RIGHT BUTTOCK, REACH BACK WITH THE RIGHT HAND, AND GRASP THE OUTER ANKLE WITH THE RIGHT HAND. PRESS THE RIGHT FOOT BACK WHILE YOU PULL THE ANKLE FORWARD WITH YOUR RIGHT HAND TO CREATE AS BIG AN ARCH IN YOUR "BOW" AS POSSIBLE. LIFT THE RIGHT LEG BACKWARD TO BRING THE THIGH MORE PARALLEL TO THE FLOOR AND YOUR SHIN MORE VERTICAL, SOLE OF THE FOOT FACING UPWARD. PRESS YOU'RE RIGHT HIP AND RIGHT SIDE RIBS FORWARD TO SQUARE YOUR TORSO TO THE FRONT. BEND THE SUPPORTING LEG AND LEAN FORWARD AS YOU RAISE THE LEFT ARM PARALLEL TO THE FLOOR, PALM  FACING UP. BRING THE TIPS OF THE INDEX FINGER AND THUMB TOGETHER. WITH EYES SOFT, GAZE  AT THE POINT OF UNION BETWEEN FINGER AND THUMB. BREATH SMOOTHLY AND EVENTLY, BALANCING WITH EASE AND GRACE ON THE LEFT LEG AS THE RIGHT FOOT CONTINUES TO PUSH BACKWARD AND UPWARD. TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND KEEP YOUR EYES STRAIGHT.

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                     BENEFITS : THE ASANA IS VERY HELPFUL IN STRENGTHENING BACK BONE.

                           PADANGUSHTA DHANURASANA

                        IT ENERGIES THE BACK BONE AND STOMACH. IT BRINGS IMPROVEMENT IN THE FLEXIBILITY FOR THE BODY AND ENHANCES POSTURE. OUR KIDNEYS START FUNCTIONING WELL. IT STRENGTHENS THE THIGH'S MUSCLES.

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                        METHOD : START THE POSE OF DHANURASANA BY BRINGING THE FRONT BODY TO THE FLOOR. NOW BEND THE KNEES AND LIFT THE SHINS VERTICAL AND THEN FLEX YOUR FEET AND TURN THE FEET OUT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. THEN HOLD ON TO THE INNER EDGES OF THE BIG TOES WITH THE FINGERS. AFTER THIS INHALE AND THEN LIFT THE LEGSAND THE TORSO. AGAIN EXHALE AND THEN ROTATE THE ARMS TO POINT THE ELBOWS FORWARD. THE NEXT STEP IS TO WRAP THE FINGERS AND THUMBS AROUND THE BIG TOES. AGAIN INHALE AND KICK THE FEET UP AND BACK TO CAPACITY. THEN STRAIGHTEN THE ARMS. NOW LIFT THE CHIN AND LOOK UP. HOLD THE POSE FOR SOME TIME AND THEN BREATHE.

                             BENEFITS : IT PROVIDES YOU A GOOD PHYSIQUE AND BODY POSTURE. THE ASANA IS A COMPLETE EXERCISE FOR BACK BONE AND KEEP IT HEALTHY.

                                                VAJRASANA

                              (THE THUNDERBOLT POSE)

                       ALSO KNOWN AS VEERASANA, VAJRASANA COMES FROM THE SANSKRIT WORD "VAJRA" WHICH MEANS THUNDERBOLT OR DIAMOND. VAJRASANA STIMULATES THE VAJRA NADI WHICH FACILITIES GOOD DIGESTION. WHEN YOU SIT IN VAJRASANA YOU OBSTRUCT BLOOD FLOW TO THE LOWER PART OF YOUR BODY, THIGHS AND LEGS. THIS INCREASES BLOOD, FLOW TO YOUR PELVIC AREA AND STOMACH DUE TO WHICH BOWEL MOVEMENT AND DIGESTION BECOMES BETTER. THE ASANA IS USED FOR WORSHIPPING BECOMES BETTER. THE ASANA IS USED FOR WORSHIPPING AND MEDITATION IS ISLAM AND BUDDHISM.

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                          METHOD : STAND ON THE KNEES WITH THE LOWER LEGS TOGETHER AND STRETCHED BACKWARDS, THE TWO BIG TOES CROSSING EACH OTHER. LOWER YOUR BODY AND SIT ON YOUR HEELS. YOUR BUTTOCKS WILL BE RESTING ON THE HEELS AND THE THIGHS ON THE CALF MUSCLES. KEEP YOUR HANDS ON YOUR KNEES AND KEEP THE HEAD STRAIGHT. CONCENTRATE ON THE BREATH AND OBSERVE THE PROCESS OF INHALATION AND EXHALATION. REMAIN IN THIS POSITION FOR AT LEAST 2 MINUTES INITIALLY. INCREASE THE TIME PERIOD AFTER REGULAR PRACTICE.

                        BENEFITS : VAJRASANA HELPS IN DIGESTIVE SYSTEM. IT HELPS TO PREVENT ACIDITY AND ULCERS BY IMPROVING THE DIGESTION, MODIFIES THE BLOOD FLOW IN THE LOWER PELVIC REGION. THE BLOOD FLOW TO THE LOWER LIMBS IS REDUCED AND THE BLOOD FLOW TO THE PELVIC AREA AND DIGESTIVE ORGANS IS INCREASED. VAJRASANA IS A GOOD MEDITATIVE POSE FOR THOSE SUFFERING FROM SCIATICA AND SERVERE LOW BACK PROBLEMS. IT HELPS THOSE SUFFERING FROM INSOMNIA.  STUDENTS STAYING UP LATE AT NIGHT AND PROFESSIONALS WORKING FOR NIGHT SHIFT CAN ALSO BENEFIT FROM THIS ASANA. IT CAN ALSO CURE HYDROCELE. HEDROCELE IS A CONDITION WHERE CLEAR FLUID ACCUMULATES IN THE MALE SCROTUM. LADIES, DURING THEIR PREGNANCY, IF PRACTICES, IT WOULD HELP THEM TOHAVE NORMAL DELIVERY.

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                     PRECAUTIONS : DO NOT DO VAJRASANA IF YOU HAVE A KNEE PROBLEM, OR IF HAD A RECEN KNEE SURGERY, AS IT MAY PUT ADDITIONAL STRAIN ON THE KNEE. ALSO, WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM ARTHERITIS ARE ADVISABLE NOT TO DO THIS ASANA.

                          NOTE : NOVICES CAN EXPERIENCE PAIN IN LEGS, ANKLE AND HEELS. ALWAYS MOVE LEGS AFTER THE ASANA, TO IMPROVE REGULAR BLOOD CIRCULATION. VAJRASANA IS THE ONLY ASANA WHICH EVEN CAN BE DONE AFTER MEALS.