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More oxygen may enter the lungs and improve the lung’s oxygen capacity, which can be helpful for asthma. This asana helps to stretch your pelvic regions, which secretes the stress hormone and increases the supply of blood, nutrients, and oxygen to the reproductive organs, which improves your reproductive health. It helps awaken kundalini. When through tremendous good fortune, a yogi’s kundalini awakens; she unites with the soul and leaves the body through the eyes. • In the muladhar chakra (root chakra), the kundalini lies in 3and 1/2 coils. When your heart chakra is blocked you might tend to get angry, jealous, afraid and feeling unworthy. 5. Sukhasana Children can learn to sit straight and get the feeling ofmeditation. Spine straight and elongated. When you inhale, lengthen your spine and gently deepen the twist while you exhale, using your breath to help you turn further. For shitali pranayam, stick the tongue out and inhale through the lips and tongue and into the stomach, retain for a while and then exhale through both nostrils. Bhastrika kumbhaka involves quick inspiration and expiration though the nostrils twenty times and at the end perform kumbhaka. Sahita kumbhaka is of 2 type-sagarbha (performed with repetition of beej mantra) and nirgarbha (without mantra repetition).

The mantra is also called hamsa or hansa. Sohum or soham is the also called the Ajap (without chanting) Gayatri as every human being constantly performs 21,600 times a day (15 breaths per minute) without being aware of it. The vibration of sohum matches the natural vibration of our breath. Upon inhalation through both nostrils, the yogi should hold his breath. A different version is given in the Hatha Yoga Pradipika according to which the yogi should keep the mouth closed and inhale through both nostrils while constricting the throat muscles so that a hissing sound is produced, hold the breath (perform kumbhaka) and exhale through ida (left nostril). Hold the Half lord of the Fishes pose for a few breaths. In the Tree Pose (Vrksasana), they actually imagine being a giant oak, Fish pose in yoga with roots growing out of the bottoms of their feet. 2. Stick your tongue out as far as you can.

Now gently lift the chest as much as you can and bring the top of your head on the floor. 4. Gently tuck your shoulder blades underneath you and feel the opening in your chest. We create a lift in the upper back, pressing our chest up. 2. Relieving tension in the neck and upper back: By gently arching the upper back and releasing tension in the neck, supported fish pose can help alleviate discomfort and stiffness in these areas. The pose puts pressure on the back and neck, which may interfere with the healing process or cause discomfort. 3. Pregnancy: Pregnant women should approach supported fish pose with caution. Supported fish pose helps to activate and energize the heart chakra, fostering a sense of emotional well-being and openness. When you step on the mat, it takes all your stress and helps release all the tension weighing you down. This repetition takes place in three places-in the root chakra, the lotus located in the heart chakra and in ajna chakra ( the third eye- the space where the two nostrils meet).

When your heart chakra is open and balanced you feel love, compassion and a connection to everything and everyone around you. 6. If you feel comfortable, you can gently tilt your head back, allowing your neck to stretch and your throat to open. Samadhi Yoga is attainable only by the very fortunate; through the divine grace of the guru, by one who is devoted to his guru, who has confidence in the knowledge and faith is his guru and himself, and whose mind is open to intelligence day by day. This pose stretches the thoracic spine and will also open up your heart. These meditations will help one directly perceive their true self. Pranayam should not be commenced in summer (May, June), rainy (Jul, Aug), winter (Nov, Dec), frigid cold (Jan, Feb) as one will contract disease. PRENATAL YOGA: This session is tailored for the entire pregnancy by introducing modified postures to suit the special needs of pregnant women and prepare the body with special adjusted breathing, concentration and physical exercises which will equip mothers-to-be with breathing tools, inner & physical strength to assist them in having an easier & more comfortable delivery.