Keep lungs, stomach and abdomen healthy through Yoga

It is the processes  of Mindful stretching and conscious breathing that makes Yoga the best  exercise and regular practice of it  keeps one healthy as well as fit.

As we conscientiously perform the asanas,   mind  becomes calm,  energy gets centered  and there would be no disturbances of unnecessary thoughts.

Thus one can have absolute bliss in one’s  entire life.  Therefore, it is necessary to be conscious while doing Yoga , especially there should be certain areas of attention  in which the practitioner should pay his awareness to make that specific part  get  adequate  easing  and stretching.

This would allow  the area  become fully healthy and if any kind of ailment persists there  will be eliminated.

In this regard, there are quite a  lot of asanas, which have been proved effective in maintaining the health of lungs, stomach and abdomen areas, some of the important internal organs in human body.

Practising this asanas will help  these parts healthy  sequentially on lower, middle and upper  parts of the body.

The first pose in this category is Marjariasana or cat pose

Steps:

1.Sit inVajrasana

2 .Raise  buttocks and stand on the knees.

3.Lean forward and place the palms on the floor with fingers pointing forward. This position is called Chathush padhasana.

4.Hands should be in line with knees and arms and thighs perpendicular to the floor.

5.While doing this asana the awareness should be on chest and abdomen.

6.Inhale, lift the head and chest up and  keep the abdomen down.

7.Exhale and bring the head downwards and stay looking at the knee. Meantime  chest and abdomen  would move upwards.

8.Relax and keep staying in chathush padhasana for some time.  While doing this asana the awareness must be on the chest and  abdomen.

Benefits:

Apart from being beneficial for lungs this asana would also help ease stomach, spine, abdomen and reproductive organs.

Vyghrasana

This asana is   called so as it resembles the tail of a tiger when it  is lifted by. This pose is  also practiced  on Chathush padhasana, ie, hands being used as other two legs.

Steps

1.Staying on Chathush padhasana, inhale and stretch  one leg up as if a tiger lifting its tail. Simultaneously the head  should also  go up and while keeping this position, the stomach and abdomen parts of the body will automatically go down.

2 .Exhale and come back to the normal  Chathush padhasana position.

3.After performing with one leg, repeat it with the  other leg too.

It gives adequate stretch to the lungs, spine, stomach and abdomen muscles. It is also helpful for the health of reproductive organs especially after pregnancy.

Chiri Kriya

This pose is also performed on Chathush padhasana. Instead of lifting the leg like we did in Vyaghrasana  just stretch the leg backwards from Chathush padhasana.

Take a deep breath while stretching the leg backwards and when returning exhale and bring the knee to the position of the chest and touch  the forehead which is simultaneously be  positioned there.

After performing with one leg repeat it with  the other leg too.

Benefits:

This posture  will help  reduce sleeping disorders and make one stress -free in their day to day life.