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The Peacock (Yoga Exercise)

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Post date April 5, 2007
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Benefits
1.Highly beneficial for indigestion ,flatulence and allied problems, as the weight of the body presses the elbow into the upper abdomen, massaging the pancreas and spleen.

2.It strengthens the waist ,arms,lungs,ribs and heart.

How to do the exercise:...CLICK & SEE
1.Sit back on your heel with knees apart. Place your palms on the floor, fingers pointing back toward your feet.

2.Using your arms bend forward and place the top of your head on the floor. Keep your elbows together, pressing into the upper abdomen.

3.Stretch your legs back one at a time, keeping the knees off the floor and the feet together. Your weight should be on your toes, hand and head. Now lift your head.Now keep the entire weight of the body on the plams,hands and elbows and maintain the balance.

4.Inhale and gently ride forward on your arms lifting your toes up and balancing on your hands. Keep your legs straight. Hold the pose as long as possible, breathing normally, then exhale and release it, coming down on your toes.

It is a difficult exercise, it should be practiced with patience.You must be careful in maintaining the balance of the body parallel to the ground.

Inthe begining do it for 4 to 5 seconds return to former position and inhale, relax and breathe normally.

Source:Allayurveda.com

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Yogamudra (Yoga Exercise)

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Post date April 2, 2007
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Yogamudra occupies a place of significant importance in Yoga Exercise.It is one of the best exercise for women who want to retain their charm and youth.

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1.Tones up the spinal nerves and is of great benefit to the proper functioning of the digestive system.

2.Helps to normalize movement of the faeces in the intestines.

3.Also effective for depression , sciatica etc.

4.Cures the loss of appetite and whets the gastric burning.

5. It cures constipation and makes the spinal column ,waist, vains and muscles flexable.

6. It removes diabetes and reduces obesity as the whole body gets exercise through this.

How to do the exercise:

1.Sit on a blanket . Form a foot lock by placing the right foot over the left thigh and left foot over the right thigh as in Lotus (padmasan) posture.
2.Slowly bend forward and touch the ground with the forehead. Take your hands to the back and catch hold of the left wrist with the right hand. Exhale slowly as your bend down.

3.Remain in this position for 10 seconds. Resume the original sitting posture and inhale slowly.

4.Repeat the posture three to four times .

In the beginning do not be in a hurry to touch the ground with forehead. Do it very slowly and in the begining keep for few seconds only.After staying for sometime in this positure rise up and come to the position of Lotus(padmasan).

Source:Allayurveda.com

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The Half Wheel (Yoga Exercise)

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Post date March 31, 2007
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Benefits
1. Most dynamic back ward bend.
2. Stimulates all the charkas or energy centers.
3. Effective for respiratory problems, backache, rheumatic pains etc.

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How to do the exercise:

1.Keeping feet far apart and hands on hips arch slowly backward.
2.Keep your weight on your knees and push your hips forward.

3.Inhale, raise your arms over and behind your head and drop back onto your hands.

4.To stand up again , shift your weight to your knees, then push yourself forward and bring your arms up one at a time or both at once.

Source:Allayurveda.com

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The Lotus Posture (Yoga Exercise)

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Post date March 17, 2007
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BENEFITS

Effective For liver disorder . It is considered as the best posture for concentration and meditation.

HOW TO DO THE EXERCISE.

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Lotus warm-ups
Sit with spine erect and soles of the feet together, heels close to the body. For the Ankle-knee pose, press your knees forward with a straight back. For the Butterfly, right, clasp your feet and move your knees up and down.

Those who are biginers, it seems to be little diffucult at first, but gradually it becomes easy.

The lotus

1.To assume the Lotus position, start by sitting with your legs out in a “V” shape in front of you, with spine erect. Bend one knee and bring the foot in, placing it high on the thigh. Now bring the second foot in. If you place it under the opposite thigh, you form the Half Lotus.

2.The Half lotus(Ardha Palmasan) which is easier at first, and can be used for meditation and pranayama until your legs are more supple. For the full Lotus, you lift the second leg in over the first placing the foot high on the opposite thigh. In the classic Lotus, the left leg is on top, and the knees touch the floor.

3. Close your eyes,place your hands and fingers as shown in the picture.

4. Take one or two deep breathing and try to concentrate your mind on a particular object.

5. Stay in this position for some time and then take out the legs and stretch, take little rest.

6. Now repeat the lotus again just by altering the leg positions.

Source:Allayurveda.com

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Basic Breathing (Pranayama)

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Post date March 8, 2007
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PRANAYAMA : A BREATHING EXERCISE:Yogic breathing or pranayaam revitalises the body steadies the emotion and creats great clarity of the mind. Yoga breathing exercises are performed sitting down with the spine neck and head in a straight line in the lotus pose.

Kalpabhati is a kriyas of purification besides being a pranayama. The forced exhalation rids the lower lungs of the stale air making way for a fresh intake of oxygen rich air in cleansing the entire respiratory system. This is a wonderfully invigorating exercise to begin your pranayam. By increasing the amount of oxygen in the body its effect is to clear the mind and improve concentration.

Kalpabhati ..click to see

Benefits
Effective for cardiovascular problems.
To clear the mind and improve the concentration
Description of the asana

1. Sit in ardha padmasana (lotus )–But if you have knee ache,sit on a bench or chair.Keep the feet crossed on a rug or a carpet.

2.Take two normal breaths.

3.Inhale, Now exhale, pulling in your abdomen and inhale, relaxing your abdomen.

4.Repeat 20 times, keeping a steady rhythm and emphasising the exhalation each time.

5.Inhale fully and hold your breathe as long as you can.

6.Slowly exhale.
Anuloma Viloma click to see

In this alternate nostril breathing exercise, you inhale through one nostril, retain the breath, then exhale through the other nostril in a ratio of 2:8:4. If you are really healthy, you the will breathe predominantly through the Ida nostril for about one hour and fifty minutes, then through the other nostril. But in many people this natural rhythm is disturbed. Anuloma Viloma restores an equal flow, balancing the flow of prana in the body.

Description of the asana

Close your right nostril with your thumb and keeping it closed breathe in through the left nostril counting up to four.
Hold your breath and count to sixteen while opening the right nostril and closing your left with your third finger.
Breathe out slowly through the right nostril to a counterfiet.
Repeat the exercise but breathe in through the right nostril and out through the left.
Brahmari:-

It’s a kind of meditation which improves concentration memory and confidence. This extended exhalation makes it a very beneficial exercise for pregnant women, in preparation for labour. Sometimes known as the humming breath, Brahmari also gives a sweet clear voice and is highly recommended for singers.

Description of the asana
To practise Brahmari….click to see

1.You partially close the glottis as you inhale through both nostrils, making a snoring sound
2.Then exhale slowly, humming like a bee.
3.The inhalation clears and vibrates the throat area.

4Humming while you breathe out, enables you to spin out the breath and make a longer exhalation.

5.You should repeat Brahmari five to ten times.

Source: www.allayurveda.com