Prin practica sistematică yoga, corpul este mai puţin predispus la înbolnăvire şi la efectele stresului zilnic. În general corpul se simte mai sănătos, mai energetic.
Toată lumea beneficiază de yoga - dacă urmează o pregătire corespunzătoare şi continuă cu practica.
Practica regulată yoga aduce beneficii corpului în urmatoarele moduri:
- Îmbunătăţeşte digestia, circulaţia, şi imunitatea
- Yoga îmbunătăţeşte funcţia organelor neurologice şi endocrine
- Previne şi uşurează de boli cronice precum:
- hipertensiune arterială
- Sindromul durerii cronice
- Anxietate şi atacuri de panică
- Depresie
- Tuburări de somn
- Oboseală cronică
Sri Sri Yoga se ocupă de fiecare aspec al unei asane de la început până la sfârşit, precum şi de partea de respiraţie. Următoarele Asane şi pranayamas sunt eficinte pentru reducerea tensiunii arteriale. Ele trebuiesc învăţate sunb îndrumare corespunzătoare, înainte de a le folosi în practică.
- Sukhasan
- Full Yogic breathing
- Bhramari
- Janusirsasan
- Paschimotanasan
- Purvatanuasana
- Savasan
- Ardh-halasan
- Setubandhasana
- Variation on pawanmuktasana (circular movements with knees don't lift head up)
- Lie down on the stomach
- Makarasan with bhramri
- Child pose
- Vajrasan
- Suptvajrasan
- Stretch the legs and come into savasan
- Yognidra
Description of some of the Asanas
Relaxation in Corpse Position (Shavasana)
- You may want to use a sweater, socks or a blanket to keep yourself warm during final relaxation
- Lie on your back
- Take a breath in and tense your whole body from head to toes: hold your breath, clench your fists, and squeeze all facial muscles as well as every single muscle in the body
- Breathing out through the mouth with a “haaa” sound, release your muscles
- Repeat one more time
- Now lie in a position that feels comfortable to you. Keep the eyes closed
- Mentally relax all parts of the body by taking your awareness to all parts of the body in turn, starting at the feet and ending with the head, feeling grateful for each part of the body. Gratefulness adds to the physical and mental relaxation
- Let mother earth take all your weight, feeling the body to be very light. A relaxed body feels light
- Next, allow your breath to relax by becoming aware of it and making it soft, small and quiet
- Now allow your mind to relax by letting go of any worries, fears, anxiety or excitement. Surrender them all to God.For the time being, let go of any future plans or past events
- Rest in the peaceful and blissful space within you
- After resting for a few minutes, bring your awareness back to your body and take a couple of deep breaths
- Gently roll over onto your right side
- Slowly come up to the sitting position
- Chant Om three times
Child's Pose (Shishu Asana)
- Sit on your heels. Keeping your hips on the heels, bend forward and lower your forehead to the floor
- Keep the arms alongside the body with hands on the floor, palms facing up. (If this is not comfortable you can place one fist on top of another and rest your forehead on them.)
- Gently press your chest on the thighs
- Hold
- Slowly come up to sit on the heels, uncurling vertebra by vertebra, and relax
Benefits:
- Deeply relaxing for the back
- Relieves constipation
- Calms the nervous system
