Yoga was born in ancient Indian times but is becoming increasingly popular all over the world due to its wonderful benefits. Yoga includes various postures known as Asanas. Practicing yoga Asanas daily can sort out a number of problems in life. Asana are comfortable postures that can be practiced easily for a long period of time. Saint Pantajali in 200 BC wrote his book in which he classified postures into two parts. The meditation postures are known as Asanas and physical postures known as Yoga vyayam. However, in general, all yoga exercises are considered Asanas. The Asanas taught at Shree Mahesh Heritage meditation school are rooted deep in the yogic times and have healing effects on the body and soul.
Most of the Asanas are derived from nature and animals such as a tree, mountain, cat, deer, rabbit etc. Asanas have an amazing impact on the body and mind of human beings. Asanas are beneficial in treating many body ailments and treating stress and other mental problems too and serve amazing benefits if practiced regularly. At Shree Mahesh Heritage meditation school, you learn Asanas that don’t involve a lot of effort but have amazing therapeutic results.
How to perform Asanas:
Asanas are performed by synchronization of body movement with the breath. When we perform Asanas while inhaling, it involves expanding of the abdominal area and when performed while exhaling, the abdominal area shrinks.
Asanas are performed slowly to enable concentration. The time for which we perform Asanas or their number is of no concern but the quality. These should be performed such that the body is relaxed all the time, and there is no strain. The teachers at Shree Mahesh Heritage meditation school guide you step by step to perform Asanas in the most effective manner beginning from primary Asana to complex ones.
When body movements are coordinated with breathing, this practice calms the mind, improves the functioning of the nervous system and increases the capacity of the lungs. Asanas should be performed for a longer period of time only after significant practice of primary postures. The teachers at Shree Mahesh Heritage meditation school teach you Asanas in the easiest way, starting from the most basic to the complex ones step by step, so that your body adapts along the way. The 200-hour yoga training at Shree Mahesh Heritage meditation school involves various Asanas beneficial for your overall health.
Improves mental health:
Various asana that include deep and mindful breathing and most of the Adams in general are helpful in improving brain capacity. As Asana stimulates various parts of the brain, this makes us think more calmly and feel joyous. There are so many mental disorders like headache, migraine, bipolarity, anger issues that people nowadays suffer from. Asanas can help with reducing these ailments if practiced on a daily basis. There is a flow of positive energy in the brain after performing Asanas.
Improves body posture:
The office lifestyle nowadays, that forces us to sit on a chair in front of a computer screen for long hours, deteriorates our body posture a lot. Improper body posture leads to joint pains, back pain and muscle pain. It also affects our digestive system and increases fat. Asanas involves postures that involve balancing techniques and a straight spine. Different Asanas that involve stretching improve flexibility of the body. Thus, Asanas help in making our body posture better.
Makes you healthy and fit: Asanas involve movements of different body parts and their stretching. These lead to cutting extra fat from your body, making you flexible, leading to a good physique. Many Asanas also help in building strength and endurance. If practiced on a daily basis, Asanas make you healthy and fit and improves your immune system. Asana does not take a lot of hard work like other exercises, you can do it while you are relaxed. A healthy mind dwells in a healthy body, and Asanas make your body and mind healthy without much effort.
Woos away stress and anxiety:
Different postures, especially the ones that involve breathing techniques, are helpful in calming and clearing the stress and anxiety from the brain. You are able to focus and understand things properly. Asanas lower stress hormones like cortisol and promote relaxation.
Improves the nervous system: Asanas are primarily the body postures that decrease the heart rate and blood pressure, so that when our body is calm, our brains are able to transmit a message more easily. Asanas involving meditation activates our brains and increases their capacity to maintain overall coordination between mind, body and soul.
Helps in developing immunity:
We are often exposed to bad environment, bad food and water and polluted air, due to which we are prone to so many diseases. Bad food habits and taking soft drinks can also be fatal as it accumulates fat inside our body and, consequently, leads to diseases like diabetes, obesity, blood pressure and heart disease. Moreover, common cold and fever are now more frequent than ever. Now Covid has also come. So it is necessary to become immune enough in order to live a healthy life. Asanas that activate various body parts, reduce fat and calms us down to normalize blood pressure can prove life-saving.
Summary:
Yoga Asanas can be performed comfortably by anyone, and they nourish and tone the body and mind and stimulates the much ignored glands in the body. Practicing Asanas daily has many health benefits. Shree Mahesh Heritage meditation school is the best place to practice Asanas away from the bustle of the city. Here you get the calmest environment that rejuvenates you while performing Asanas, and you’re guided by the best yoga teachers.
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