Daily Yoga and Meditation

Yoga for Back Pain Relief 

Yoga is the complete package of exercise for all age group. It consist of Pose & Posture, breathing exercise, warm-up, stretching, meditation, Mudra and so on. With the busy schedule and fast-food today many people are suffering from different health problem. Everyday 1 hour practice of yoga will make healthy body and mind. Breathing exercise and meditation will heal internal problem whereas posses and postures will solve all physical problem. Lower back pain is a common problem with growing age. Causes for this pain are dry ligament in spinal cord joints, calcium deficiency, over exercise and other. Calcium supplements and pathological medicine will relief the problem during its consumption only leaving side effects. Regular practice of some yoga poses and posture will relief lower back pain naturally without any side effect. Some poses are described below: 

Lower Back Pain

 Cobra Pose (Bhujanga Aasan) 

The posture in cobra pose is said to be derived from extension of cobra. This very simple pose with strengthen your spinal cord, chest and stomach muscle. Keep both legs straight and join, put your hands in mat near shoulder and inhale dip breadth straitening your hand to give posture like extension of cobra.

Cobra Pose

Monkey Pose (Markat Aasan) 

 The posture in Monkey pose is said to be derived from twisting body like monkey does. This very simple pose will strengthen spinal cord, stomach muscle and spine. It can be done with pose different style.

Pose 1:

Sleep flat in level surface, put your hand straight to shoulders. Pull legs back to hip and twist your body like monkey does. Bend legs towards left and head towards right with breathe exhale. Take rest at middle position with breathe inhale. Bend legs towards right and head towards left with breathe exhale. Do it for 7-11 rounds for effective result.

Monkey Pose 1

Pose 2:

Sleep flat in level surface, put your hand straight to shoulders. Take your left leg straight to right hand and head bend to right with breathe exhale. Relax in normal position with breathe inhale. Similarly, take your right leg straight to left hand and head bend to right with breathe exhale.

Monkey Pose 2

 Conclusion: 

 Cobra pose and Monkey pose are the best Yoga poses and posture exercise for lower back pain relief. 

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Daily Yoga and Meditation

Cobra Pose (Bhujangasan)

Cobra Pose is derived from posture of snake Cobra when its hood raised. Cobra Pose in Sanskrit call Bhujangasan, pronounced bhu-jung-aasan.  This pose is one of most important pose in yoga to practice daily. It is very useful to strengthen muscles of the back, neck and abdomen on regular practice. You can practice this pose by your own without any help from qualified yoga instructor following steps below.

Cobra Pose

Procedure for Cobra Pose:

1. Put your yoga mat in level surface.
2. Lie in mat flat comfortably on your stomach.
3. Feet need to be together with the tops of them against the floor. Spread hands on the floor under shoulders and hug elbows against rib cage.
4. Straighten your arms and lift your head, chest and stomach from floor to pose like cobra raised its hood with inhale slow and deep breathe.
5. Stay in this posture for 10-30 seconds and exhale gradually returning to normal position. 
6. Continue the above procedure for 5-15 times daily.

Health Benefits of Cobra Pose:

• Helps to recover Asthma problem

• Stretches muscles of chest, neck and abdominal

• Relief on lower back pain

• Strengthens muscles of arms and shoulders 

• Muscles of face tone to look younger

• Decrease fats from abdomen and chest.

• Increases flexibility

• Regular menstruation in female

• Tones the buttocks muscles

• Stimulates organs like kidney, pancreas  in the abdomen

• Opens the chest and helps to clear the passages of the heart and lungs

• Improves circulation of oxygenated blood

• Improves digestion

• Strengthens the spine

• Improve memory loss

Precaution in Cobra Pose:

As the precaution, practice this posture in the supervision of yoga experts. Don't forget to practice opposite posture of Cobra Pose to balance the muscles exercise. You must do Seated Forward Bend ( Janu shirsasan) pose equal number of times you did cobra pose.

 Tags: Cobra Pose, Bhujangasan, Yoga, Lemory Loss, Health Benefits, Process, Muscles