What is Yoga Asanas or Yoga Poses? A Yoga Asana or yoga pose is a body posture that is performed to benefit both body and mind. The concept of Yoga is not something new in our culture, our ancestors are performing it for ages. And now more people start to realize its importance and start doing it. Studies have found that yoga asanas can help one in weight loss, get more flexibility, shoot up the health of the heart and digestion and many more. Benefits of Yoga Asanas Practising yoga asanas or poses helps control an individual's mind, body, and soul. It brings together physical and mental disciplines to achieve a peaceful body and mind; it helps manage stress and anxiety and keeps you relaxed. Yoga also helps in increasing flexibility, muscle strength and body tone. It improves respiration, energyPoses and their benefits The benefits of doing yoga are immense. Every single yoga pose has its own benefits and can do wonders for your health to help you look and feel good. Sukhasana or Easy Pose Yoga Asana 1: Sukhasana or Easy Pose If you're just starting out with yoga asanas, you can start with this pose. as it gives one of the desired comforts. This asana is beyond the horizons of the physical dimension and gives spiritual bliss. Technique: Sit with the legs tucked inside the opposite thighs. Keep the spine vertically straight. The hands should be placed on the knees and breathe in and out gently. Benefits of Sukhasana or Easy Pose: 1. It helps to reduce anxiety, stress and mental tiredness. 2. |t corrects the body posture and stretches the chest and spine.Tadasana or Mountain Pose It is a basic standing pose. It teaches you the art of standing correctly and increases your awareness of your body. Technique: Stand with your heels and toes joined and raise the arms up, the knees can also be left open according to the width of your shoulders. Palm should be upward and eyes should be looking straight. Take a breath in. Then raise the heels and lay your weight on the toes. Pull the body up and after some time take the body down while breathing out. Repeat it 10 to 15 times. Benefits of Tadasana: 1. Helpful in strengthening the leg muscles. 2. Helps in increasing the height of the children. 3. Helpful in removing leg pain. 4. It corrects bad posture and improves the alignment of your body.Adho Mukha Svanasana or Downward-Facing Dog Stretch Adho Mukha Svanasana or downward- facing dog pose lengthens and decompresses the spine, stretches the hamstrings, strengthens your arms, flushes your brain with fresh oxygen and calms your mind. Technique: (ie down on the floor on your stomach and face downward. Place the palms next to the chest. Exhaling, raise your trunk from the floor. Straighten the arms, move the head inward towards the feet and extend the back, trying to press the heels firmly into the ground keeping the knees straight making an inverted ‘V' with the body. Benefits of Adho Mukha Svanasana: 1. It calms the brain. 2. Reduces stiffness in the shoulder region and tones the legs.ADHO MUKHA SVANASANA DOWNWARD FACING DOG POSEDhanur Asana Or Bow Pose This asana stretches the entire body. It helps in weight loss, boosts digestion and blood circulation. It is a very effective yoga pose for making the back flexible. Technique: Lie down on the ground on your belly. Bend the knees backwards. Hold the feet with hands below the ankles. Take a deep breath and raise the chest as high as possible. Now stretch the feet, so that your body takes the shape of a bow. Stay in this position as long as you can. While breathing out, relax the body and come in the initial position. Repeat this Aasan 3-4 times. Benefits of Dhanur Asana: 1. It makes the spine flexible and reduces its stiffness. 2. Reduces obesity. 3. It can cure stomach pains. 4. Strengthens the muscles of the arms. legs and stomach. 5. It increases the lung power and breathing process.DHANURASANA (BOW POSE)Trikon Asana or Triangular Pose The Trikonasana is one of those postures that brings your body many benefits like improving the flexibility of your spine, helps in alignment of your shoulders and many more. Technique: Stand in the Tadasana pose. Keep your feet around three feet apart and turn the right foot to 90 degrees, turn the left foot slightly to the right, raising the arms sideways. Bend to your right, bringing the right palm towards the right ankle keeping both legs absolutely straight. Repeat on the other side. Benefits of Trikon Asana: 1. Improves flexibility of the spine and relieves back pain and stiffness in the neck area. 2. Massages and tones the pelvic region, relieves gastritis, indigestion and acidity. 3. Helps you to improve your posture too.TRIKONASANA THE TRIANGLE POSEVakrasana or Twisted Pose Vakrasana comes under the category of seated asanas. Here, the upper body is twisted to bring the upper spine parallel to the sides of the yoga mat. Twisted pose benefits our lower and middle back, hips and neck. Technique: Make a posture like a steady stance by placing the right foot high up on the left thigh and the hands should be over the head with the palms together. The spine must be straight and the sole of the foot fiat and firm. After releasing the pose, one needs to change the position and try the other leg. Benefits of Vakrasana: 1. Tones the muscles of the back and thus brings stability to the spine 2. Straightens the upper back 3. Strengthens the neck muscles 4. Helps in reducing belly fat 5. Improves digestion by regulating digestive juices.VAKRASANA THE TWISTED POSEBhujangasana Or Cobra Stretch Bhujangasana is known as the corrector of the curvature and makes the spine flexible. The curve structure of the asana massages the deep back muscles, spine and nerves. It can be a great asana for people dealing with arthritis of the lower back and lower back pains. Technique: /t is a/so called ‘Sarapa Asan: To do this Asana lie down on the ground on your stomach, keeping the hands close to your shoulders, raise the chest to such a level that the arms get straight this will be done while stretching the legs. Take the toes in and hang the head slowly behind. Slowly come in the initial position and repeat this 3-5 times. Benefits of Bhujangasana: 1. It makes the spine flexible and broadens the chest. 2. Makes the neck, shoulders, chest and head more active. 3. Increase blood circulation.BHUJANGASANAHalasana Or Plough Pose The Halasana opens up the spinal disc and aims to keep the spinal system youthful as it stretches the spinal muscles. The stretch releases the tension from the shoulders, arms and spine. It is one of the best asanas to tackle obesity. By revitalising the internal organs, it can cure indigestion and constipation and neck arthritis stiffness. Technique: Lie straight on the ground. keep the palms along the body and put them straight on the ground. Slowly lift the lower part of the body i.e. feet in a rhythm and touch the ground behind the head with the toes. Stay in this position for 10-15 seconds and then slowly come back to the initial position. Benefits of Halasana: 1. Helpful in strengthening the neck muscles. 2. Helpful in reducing weight and back pain. 3. Strengthens the backbone 4. Improves blood circulation.HALASANA AS.Malasana or Yoga Squat Pose: Malasana has a grounding quality—it taps into downward-flowing energy known in yoga as apana vayu—and is a good pose to practice whenever you need to bring on calm. Technique: You can enter Malasana by standing with feet parallel, slightly wider than the hips. Then bend knees and slowly lower down the pelvis until the hips go lower than the knees. Keep the back straight and take arms in front in a prayer position. Benefits of Malasana: 1. Strengthens the Lower Back 2. Helps in stretching the groin and also the lower back. 3. Tones the belly. 4. Releases tension in the hips and knees.Sirsasana Or Headstand Sirsasana aka “the king of the asanas" is one of the most difficult asanas but has remarkable benefits. The asana involves the brain, spine and entire nervous system and stimulates the pituitary and pineal glands. The upside-down pose helps to ease constipation and relieves nervous disorders and anxiety. Technique: Take the support of a wall, to begin with. Keep the spine straight with your head down and feet up. Use your hands to support yourself. Benefits of Sirsasana: 1. It helps in improving blood circulation. 2. Gives strength to the respiratory system. 3. It improves concentration and memory.SIRSASANA THE YOGIC HEAD STANDSavasana or corpse pose The Savasana or Corpse yoga pose is one of the most important postures. It is meant to rejuvenate your mind and body after practice while also allowing you to shift your attention to your inner-self. Technique: (ie down on the floor like a corpse - completely relaxed and on your back. Keep your legs apart and hands away from your body with the palms facing upwards. Shut your eyes and concentrate on relaxing each and every muscle in your body. Benefits of Savasana: 1. Savasana cures hypertension and mental stress. 2. |t refreshes the mind and body. 3. It removes the fatigue. Do these yoga asanas every morning with an empty stomach to get the best result. At Protech, we understand the importance of a healthy and fit life, therefore we alwaysof a healthy and fit life, therefore we always try to incorporate yoga & meditation areas in all our residential projects. Our new residential project Protech Prime also has a yoga & meditation area for the residents. So our residents can do yoga asanas with their family and friends. 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