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Yoga and Mental Health PDF Print E-mail
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Thursday, 21 September 2006
Yoga and mental health are closely interrelated and a state of constant interaction. Practicing Yoga can bring tremendous changes which has a deep effect on your mental health. Yoga can reduce the tension and restorations of flexibilities of your mental health also. Yoga helps in freeing the mind from mental disturbances. Yoga also builds a steady mind. Decrease in nervousness, irritability and confusion, depression and mental fatigue are some of the other mental health benefits experienced from practicing Yoga. The benefits accrued through Yoga in different possesses from person to person as the degree of involvement.

Head Stand: The Headstand Pose or the Sirsha-Asana is also known as the king of all Ashanas. It has compact with lots of notorious benefits like this head stand pose are increasing the physical and mental health of the person practicing it. The pose encourages balance and stability on the physical level and mental acuity on the intellectual level. Additionally, it improves blood flow throughout the body and helps to decrease tension and stress in the lower limbs and releases back pain.

To get practice to this pose, begin in a kneeling position and rest your weight on your forearms. Make sure to Lean forward to place the arms, from hands to elbows, flat on the floor, and interlock the fingers of both hands for a few minute. The head should be placed between the hands, flat on the floor. Push up from the kneeling position on the tips of the toes keeping head on the floor. Place the top of your head on the floor, while the back of your head stays in your hands. Thus, the inverted body can have a firm foundation made of the hands and the elbows, which form a tripod.

After getting this position, you can straighten the knees and slowly raise your hips. Slowly bring the legs into an extended, upright hand stand position, keeping the entire body aligned, straight and balanced. Special breathing techniques are also employed during this pose which enhances the overall effect of the asana.

Make sure that your feet should as close to your head as possible without bending the knees. Your head should be in a straight line with the spine and your hips should be pulled in such a way that your neck does not bend either backward or forward. It is recommended to take a short break and not immediately raise the knees higher. Using your abdominal muscles, you are ready to lift your bended knees towards the ceiling. Now you can slowly place your legs in a straight position. Normally, most of the body's weight is felt on the forearms. Then you can follow the reverse the steps in order to get back to your original position safely.

 
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