Yoga Meditation & Healthy Exercises

Maharshi Patanjali has averred - sthiram sukham asanam i.e. that comfortable pose in which one can sit without any body movement is termed as asana. According to Shivanand if one can sit for three hours without any body movement, then one can attain all the accomplishments and benefits of asanas. Obviously, he too shares the Pantajali viewpoint. Though this is difficult initially but certainly not impossible. To sit in meditation poses, one requires adequate flexibility in all the muscles and above all a healthy body. The important point regarding this asana is that one must hold the spinal chord straight which is not easy all the time. Generally whenever we sit or whatever we do, we tend to tilt ourselves in one particular direction. One may be tempted to ask, why not use shavasana during meditational asanas. As during this pose the body remains inactive and the spinal chord too remains straight. But to meditate during shavasana is not so easy. One may be easily induced to sleep and never meditate.

Sukhasan - Yoga Posture or Yoga Exercise

Sukhasana is an Indian translation for the Easy Pose. Sukhasana is a relaxing posture which may be practiced for extended periods of sitting in siddhasana or padmasana. This is most common and popular asana which can be performed by everyone irrespective of sex and age. One who finds unable to hold physical balance in any other asanas can also practice this with ease. You can learn this asana as below:

Routine:

• Sit and stretch both the legs forward.

• Bend the right knee and place the sole over left thigh.

• Thereafter bend the left knee and place the sole over right thigh.

• Remain conscious towards the physical balance.

• Hold the spinal chord and the neck straight.

• Place both the palms over the knees.

• You may utilize chin or jnanamudra (explained in mudra chapter).

• Close the eyes and relax. Remain conscious towards the easy and natural breathing.

Benefits:

1. Meditation asans are very helpful in increasing your mind power
2. These asans provide a comfort to the body as a whole giving rest to every body part.
3. Mediation asans helps to increase your concentration power there by making your mind more efficient for work.
4. Mediation asan when followed after a hard schedule helps to relive all the tensions and pressure and makes you feel calm through out the day.

Yoga not only shapes your body but also heals your mind. Yoga is an art of connecting your body with your mind. To our greater benefit Yoga teaches various methods of weight loss through easy to do exercises and postures. Yoga exercises have a therapuetic effect on our body.

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