Yoga: The
word Yoga means to join that is to balance and maintain the relations with body
and mind. Yoga is a science, which is known and experienced by Indians for
thousand of years. There are different types of yoga that broadly can be
classified and experienced as
Relaxation Exercises: By implementing proper relaxation techniques in
Yogasans.
Breathing Techniques: By improving breathing techniques.
Stretchable Exercises: By exercising different Yogasans that increases
elasticity of muscles.
Proper Diet: By improving food habits.
Meditation: By controlling thoughts with positive ideas.
By practicing Yogasans, and
with proper diet and meditation one may benefit with:
This helps Improvement in
Relaxation to the stressed mind.
This helps Improvement in
elasticity of rigid muscles.
This helps Improvement in
memory and concentration power.
This helps Improvement in
Inhaling oxygen that improves the strength and energy.
This helps relief in the
back pain or other body pain.
This helps Improvement with
constipation problems.
This helps improvement in
blood circulation.
In other words, one may improve physical, mental, and spiritual health by practicing Yoga.
When one completes morning activities like Brushing the Teeth,
Toilet, and Shower; morning is the best time to exercise yoga. One should not
practice yoga with in thirty minutes of eating breakfast, with in two hours of lunch,
or with in four hours of heavy dinner. As far as possible drinks should be
avoided while practicing Yoga.
Sleep on a flat hard surface
or a wooden floor. Relax the whole body and keep distance of 1’ to 1’-6”
between your legs and keep your hands spread with palms open towards the sky. Leave
your entire thoughts aside.
Relax all your muscles,
inhale/take deep breathe and slowly move your neck with the eyes to the left
side. While coming back to the right side exhale/release your breath. Do this
for three times.
Move your eyes clockwise and
anticlockwise for several times and close your eyes for the rest.
Concentrate on your
breathing. As far as possible try to inhale/exhale deep breathing.
Finally, think and relax the
fingers of the legs, muscles on your knees, thighs, stomach, shoulders, hands,
wrists, and neck each one of them by another. At last, relax your whole body.
One can practice this
Savaasan, minimum for five minutes and maximum there is no time limit. This Aasan
is necessary to perform before and after performing any of the Aasans.
This is the best Aasan for heart and blood pressure patients. This Aasan relaxes the whole body. One may get relief in back pain by exercising this Aasan.
