Worldwide, people are reporting wonderful experiences on health benefits of Yoga, the transformation of being, taking you beyond the here and now. In one wonderful session of Yoga, people get to practice a number of things, some Yoga poses (asanas) breathing exercises (pranayama), meditation and chanting. In Yoga you get to learn basic terms like Mudras, Bandhas and Chakras. Best of all, Yoga is fun and relaxing while, at the same time, being delectably challenging to beginners.
Best of all, Yoga is apt for all, regardless of age, color, caste, creed or religion; from the healthiest to the sickest, from the richest to the poorest, from the whitest to the blackest. And here are some of the specific – and immense – benefits of yoga, which include:
* Brings down stress and enhances powers of relaxation
* Boosts physical strength, stamina and flexibility
* Bestows greater powers of concentration and self control
* Inculcates impulse Control
* Helps in rehabilitation of old and new injuries
* Intensifies tolerance to pain and enhancing mental clarity
* Boosts functioning of the immune system
* Enhances posture and muscle tone
* Improves blood circulation
* Results in healthy, glowing skin
* Cleanses and improves overall organ functioning
* Bestows peace of mind and a more positive outlook to life
* Infuses a sense of balance and internal harmony
Showing posts with label yoga asanas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label yoga asanas. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Bhujangasana
Bhujangasana is also known as The Cobra Pose. This is a posture of Hatha Yoga.
The Name Bhujangasana, comes from the combination of 2 words from the Sanskrit Language i.e. Bhujanga – Meaning Serpent and Asana – meaning Pose.
This is a very good asana / posture for resolving back problems. It helps to strengthen chest, abdomen, shoulders, helps to firm the buttocks. More importantly, helps to relieve stress.
Bhujangasana increases body heat, destroys disease, and awakens kundalini.
How to do Bhujangasana?
Here is a step by step guide on how to do Bhujangasana..
1.Lie on the floor - back up. Stretch your legs back, tops of the feet on the floor. Spread your hands on the floor under your shoulders. Hug the elbows back into your body.
2.Press the top of the feet and thighs and the pubis firmly on the floor.
3.On inhalation, begin to straighten the arms to lift the chest off the floor, going only to the height at which you can maintain a connection through your pubis to your legs.
4.Press the tailbone toward the pubis and lift the pubis toward the navel.
5.Narrow the hip points. Firm but don't harden the buttocks.
6.Firm the shoulder against the back, puffing the side ribs forward. Lift through the top of the sternum but avoid pushing the front ribs forward, which only hardens the lower back.
7.Distribute the backbend evenly throughout the entire spine.
8.Hold the pose for 15 to 30 seconds, breath easily. Release back to the floor with an exhalation.
Benefits of Bhujangasana:
1.Bhujangasana affects the adrenal glands, by supplying them more blood.
2.Helps to tone uterus, liver & ovaries
3.Helps to strengthen back muscles, abdomen and upper body.
4.Helps people facing problems of back ache due to overwork or long hours of standing.
5.Helps to control menstrual irregularities.
6.Relieves constipation.
7.Relieves gastro-intestinal problems.
The Name Bhujangasana, comes from the combination of 2 words from the Sanskrit Language i.e. Bhujanga – Meaning Serpent and Asana – meaning Pose.
This is a very good asana / posture for resolving back problems. It helps to strengthen chest, abdomen, shoulders, helps to firm the buttocks. More importantly, helps to relieve stress.
Bhujangasana increases body heat, destroys disease, and awakens kundalini.
How to do Bhujangasana?
Here is a step by step guide on how to do Bhujangasana..
1.Lie on the floor - back up. Stretch your legs back, tops of the feet on the floor. Spread your hands on the floor under your shoulders. Hug the elbows back into your body.
2.Press the top of the feet and thighs and the pubis firmly on the floor.
3.On inhalation, begin to straighten the arms to lift the chest off the floor, going only to the height at which you can maintain a connection through your pubis to your legs.
4.Press the tailbone toward the pubis and lift the pubis toward the navel.
5.Narrow the hip points. Firm but don't harden the buttocks.
6.Firm the shoulder against the back, puffing the side ribs forward. Lift through the top of the sternum but avoid pushing the front ribs forward, which only hardens the lower back.
7.Distribute the backbend evenly throughout the entire spine.
8.Hold the pose for 15 to 30 seconds, breath easily. Release back to the floor with an exhalation.
Benefits of Bhujangasana:
1.Bhujangasana affects the adrenal glands, by supplying them more blood.
2.Helps to tone uterus, liver & ovaries
3.Helps to strengthen back muscles, abdomen and upper body.
4.Helps people facing problems of back ache due to overwork or long hours of standing.
5.Helps to control menstrual irregularities.
6.Relieves constipation.
7.Relieves gastro-intestinal problems.
Friday, June 5, 2009
Exercise for Health
Exercise reduces risk of Diseases
Avoiding a regular exercise routine, leads to stiffness of body, reduced muscle strength and a low cardiovascular fitness. Stretching exercises preserve range of motion and flexibility.
In the highly mechanized & automated lifestyle, we need to be more determined tobe active. For this regular exercise is a must. This must be brought into a daily routine. Regular exercises reduce the risk of illness & ailments by almost 20-50%.
Exercise makes you feel better, improved posture & revitalizes your body tobe able to face an entire day ahead. Exercising also helps in combatting fluctuating blood pressure levels, thereby reducing bad cholesterol and risk of a heart attack.
Obesity is associated with health problems such as diabetes, heart disease, respiratory disease, hypertension and osteoarthritis. Diet plus exercise is the ideal way to lose weight.
Regular exercise is a boon for sugar patients and helps them maintain healthy sugar levels.
Bones need calcium which is their source of nourishment. The right kind of exercise improves calcium absorption in the bones. This is the reason why regular weight bearing and strength training exercises result in greater bone density.
It is always important to recognize which exercise is important for you in your daily routine. Apart from regular morning walks, stretching exercises and breathing exercises, Yoga must be regularly practiced. Pranayam Yoga is the most important part of yoga exercises tobe followed in daily routine.
Regular cardio-vascular exercise strengthens the heart muscles. It keeps the heart and blood vessels working optimally. A well-conditioned heart can pump a large amount of blood with fewer heartbeats than a weak heart.
So, always remember that apart from giving time in your daily routine to other jobs, exercise should also form an integral part of your time-table. EXERCISE YOUR WAY TO GOOD HEALTH.
Avoiding a regular exercise routine, leads to stiffness of body, reduced muscle strength and a low cardiovascular fitness. Stretching exercises preserve range of motion and flexibility.
In the highly mechanized & automated lifestyle, we need to be more determined tobe active. For this regular exercise is a must. This must be brought into a daily routine. Regular exercises reduce the risk of illness & ailments by almost 20-50%.
Exercise makes you feel better, improved posture & revitalizes your body tobe able to face an entire day ahead. Exercising also helps in combatting fluctuating blood pressure levels, thereby reducing bad cholesterol and risk of a heart attack. Obesity is associated with health problems such as diabetes, heart disease, respiratory disease, hypertension and osteoarthritis. Diet plus exercise is the ideal way to lose weight.
Regular exercise is a boon for sugar patients and helps them maintain healthy sugar levels.
Bones need calcium which is their source of nourishment. The right kind of exercise improves calcium absorption in the bones. This is the reason why regular weight bearing and strength training exercises result in greater bone density.
It is always important to recognize which exercise is important for you in your daily routine. Apart from regular morning walks, stretching exercises and breathing exercises, Yoga must be regularly practiced. Pranayam Yoga is the most important part of yoga exercises tobe followed in daily routine.
Regular cardio-vascular exercise strengthens the heart muscles. It keeps the heart and blood vessels working optimally. A well-conditioned heart can pump a large amount of blood with fewer heartbeats than a weak heart.
So, always remember that apart from giving time in your daily routine to other jobs, exercise should also form an integral part of your time-table. EXERCISE YOUR WAY TO GOOD HEALTH.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Yoga for Health and Fitness
Yoga is an excellent way to improve fitness of mind as well as body. It helps you to attain spiritual as well as physical wellbeing. Yoga helps in maintaining a healthy lifestyle, coupled with freedom from common ailments.
Yoga is not only an exercise of your physical self but also an art of living that tends to overpower an individual with positive energy and provides with better wellbeing.
The 5 Major Principles of Yoga
1. Relaxation
2. Regular Exercise
3. Proper Breathing
4. Proper Diet
5. Meditation (Positive Thinking)
Yoga helps keep oneself Fighting Fit against all ailments.
Yoga & Weight Loss
Adopting yoga for reducing body weight is the best option as it takes care of all the aspects of maintaining good body, in terms of weight as well as mental and social wellbeing.
It is the best form of exercise which is suited to all age groups and helps in gaining control of mind, body and soul in short all five sensory organs (5 indriyan).
Just follow the right steps and the right Yoga Asanas and you will be a changed person very soon.
Yoga is not only an exercise of your physical self but also an art of living that tends to overpower an individual with positive energy and provides with better wellbeing.
The 5 Major Principles of Yoga
1. Relaxation
2. Regular Exercise
3. Proper Breathing
4. Proper Diet
5. Meditation (Positive Thinking)
Yoga helps keep oneself Fighting Fit against all ailments.
Yoga & Weight Loss
Adopting yoga for reducing body weight is the best option as it takes care of all the aspects of maintaining good body, in terms of weight as well as mental and social wellbeing.
It is the best form of exercise which is suited to all age groups and helps in gaining control of mind, body and soul in short all five sensory organs (5 indriyan).
Just follow the right steps and the right Yoga Asanas and you will be a changed person very soon.
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