| Asanas |
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How to do |
Benefits |
Sarvangasan
(Shoulder stand) |
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Holding the back with the hands, raise the whole trunk
up, trying to balance and rest the whole body on the
shoulders. |
- Improves circulation of blood.
- It strengthens the lungs and the heart and benefits
the thyroid. Therefore, it relieves obesity.
- Strengthens the hair roots and prevents the falling
of hair.
- In women abnormal mobility of the uterus and pelvic
pains due to it are treated. Makes the spine resilient
which in turn bestows health, beauty and rejuvenation
of the body.
- Removes bad odours from the body.
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Bhujangasna
(Cobra Pose) |
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Keep the arms along the sides of the body
with the feet together. Raise head and the chest from
the ground upto the navel.
(Not for patients of hernia) |
- Relieves constipation, indigestion and flatulence.
- Cleans the whole gut from the mouth to intestines
and rectum.
- Makes the waist slender and chest broad.
- Helps in regulating menstrual disorders, liver,
and kidney disorders.
- Relieves backaches.
- Reduces fat of abdomen.
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Naukasan
(Boat Pose) |
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Bring the arms together with the hands folded and
stretch them out in the front. Also raise the legs simultaneously. |
- Relieves constipation, strengthens the digestive
system.
- Abdominal flabbiness can be reduced.
- Useful for lung diseases.
- Useful for strengthening of shoulders, neck, back
and legs.
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Ardh-Matsyendrasan
((Half spinal twist) |
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Bend the right leg and bring the heel below the buttock.
Flexing the left leg, put it in the ground to the right
of the right thigh. The left arm should go behind the
back and hold the right thigh. The right arm should
skirt the left knee keeping to its right and the right
hand should grasp the left foot. Keep the spine straight. |
- Benefits all disorders in the body.
- Relieves diabetes and jaundice.
- Reduces the fat of the abdomen, buttocks and thighs.
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Shavasana
(dead body or corpse pose) |
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Lie on the back, arms spread out in line with shoulders.
Close fists with thumbs inside. Bend legs at knees with
soles flat on floor while keeping a distance so as to
allow the knee of one leg to touch the heel of other
leg. Then turn both knees to right and head to the left.
Then turn knees to the left and head to the right |
- Nerves and veins connected to lower spine become
supple as a result helps in backaches and sciatica.
- Benefits liver and pancreas.
- Strengths heart and lungs.
- Helps in correcting menstrual cycle and diseases
of the womb
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