Yoga For Your Health

Here are a few simple yoga techniques that will help you end your stress with yoga. The first technique or Asana; called the Nishpandabhava. In Sanskrit, Nishpanda means passive and bhava means posture. It can be done with a favorite piece of soothing music playing in the background.

Loosen all your muscles; begin with the hands, feet, legs; sit reclined against the wall. The music facilitates the breathing to become more rhythmic; steadying the mind. Your breath will slowly synchronize itself to the beat of the music playing in the background. Continue breathing deeply and concentrate on your third eye.

Remain in this state for at least 10 minutes. This will slow down the heart rate and reduces the blood pressure. This will also reduce the stress hormones, relax your muscles and your mind will slowly go into the alpha state of meditation. Another Asana called the Shavasana - has similar effects, only the back is stretched out.

The word Shava, meaning a corpse and asana, meaning a pose is to focus on the breath and slowly relaxing your muscles. Lie with your on a floor-mat. Taking a deep breaths focusing on relaxing your toes, the chest, shoulders, neck, chin, jaws, mouth, tip of your nose, space between your brows, forehead then the mind.

Yogendra Pranayam is of paramount importance. Breath or Vayu is called Prana and the usage is called Ayam. Hence, Pranayam means the correct usage of breath by the body. This technique ensures that all the cells in the body receive oxygen in proper amounts.

Lie down on the back, bending your knees and placing your feet flat in line with the shoulders, helping the muscles of the back, abdomen, and chest to loosen and dilate. Now place your hand on the navel and focus your attention on your breathing. Then take a deep breath slowly, feel your abdomen move upwards and try not to bloat your stomach. Return your abdomen to the same position with an exhalation.

Now gently pull your stomach muscles, careful that you do not move the chest. These 3 movements help improve the abdominal blood circulation, expand the abdominal cavity and massage the internal organs. Hold these poses in cycles of 10 seconds, each. These Asanas help develop detachment from the world, untangling emotions, gives clarity of mind and deepens ones breathing. Try these steps to help you decide to end your stress with Yoga.

If you want to release your stress with yoga, then start today. Stop putting this off till tomorrow, it will never come.

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