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PRANA MUDRA Our body is made up of five basic elements (panchabootha) - water, fire, air, space and earth which are represented by our hand fingers in our body. Most of us would have seen Mudras using fingers in some form or the other, either in dance poses or in yogic and meditation postures. Today we will see about Prana Mudra. Procedure Prana Mudra is done by joining the tip of little finger and ring finger with the tip of thumb in both hands leaving other fingers in a straight position. This has to be for 20 to 30 minutes. This mudra can be performed either in normal sitting position ( sugasana ) or padmasana or even tadasana . Eyes need to closed while practicing this mudra. The breathing should be normal and the total concentration needs to be on the breathing while performing this mudra. Regular practice of this mudra will help to  Energize the whole body. Activate the all chakras in our body. Improve blood circulation & eye sight. Cure fatigue, gene...

Mudras are yogic posture or hand gesture,holistic and natural way for curing diseases. According to ancient philosophy our body is made up of five elements.  They are air,water,fire,earth and space.The five fingers of our both hands represents these five elements. Thumbs- Fire,Index finger- Air,Middle finger-Space,Ring finger -Earth,Little finger -water. Any imbalances of these elements can disturb body immune system and can cause diseases. Varun in Indian mythology varun is the Lord of rain ,sky and all water resources.Varun mudra is easy to perform,which can be performed at any time and any way while sitting ,standing ,walking,lying down in the bed ,throughout the day.  Steps for doing varun mudra Touch the tip of the little finger with the tip of the thumb in both hands. Remaining other fingers stretched out.( Shown in the above figure) Keep this position for 10 to 15 minutes with normal breathing. Regular practice of t...

mahasirs mudra Mudras are hand gestures,easy to perform at anytime for healing ailments,mudras will contribute to your over all health and can be used for a preventive measures.Every one can do this mudras with no cost ,no side effects . According to panja pootha thathuva our body has 5 elements  our hand fingers represents thumb      –  fire , Index finger  –  air , Middle finger   – space Ring  finger   – earth Little  finger   – water mudras start electro magnetic currents with the body which balances various constituting elements and retire health,for healing certain aliments regular practises of mudras will contribute to your over all good health and can be used for a preventive measures in order to bring back the balance in the five elements there are some specific methods of touching and alining the fingers each other . mudras will provide instant relief with lots of different ailments .mudras will...

KUBERA MUDRA   Mudra means seal in Sanskrit .Mudras are  symbolic or ritual  hand gestures .Kubera mudra  is very powerful mudra for increasing  ones intent of desires , confidence and achieving goals .This mudra is dedicated to the God of wealth ( Lord kubera ). Kubera mudra is also known as " three finger technique or wealth mudra .This mudra is very simple and every body  can do it easily . - Sit properly with sugasana on a proper mat . - Join your tips of the  thumb ,index finger and middle finger together and press slightly . -  Fold and place  the other fingers in the middle of your palm . - Do this with both hands at a time without any strain of palms . - Take slow and deep breathing while focussing on your heart desires . - Do it for  15 to 30 minutes . - Intensity of focus is more important than time for this mudra . - It is also helps for  decongestion of  the frontal sinuses . - It is also one of ...

TADA ASANA   Tada  Asana is called Samasthiti Asana ,which means standing firmly without moving .It is look like a palm tree .Tada Asana is a pose where one stands firm and erect as a  mountain .This asana is a basic position  for all Asanas . Steps For Doing Tada Asana  - Stand straight  with legs at a proper distance in a yoga mat . - Keep your hands by the sides of the thighs . - Lift your both hands in front of your shoulder levels and interlock your fingers . - Raise your inter locked hands up and face the palms up . - Raise your heels as much as you can and stand with your toes . - Stretch your  body as much as you can . - Stay this position for 30 seconds to 1 minute with normal breathing . - And then come back to normal position  - Do it for 4 to 5 times . Benefits of this Asana    Regular practice of this asana will helps to  -  Increases height and improves posture  - Relieves sciatica...

JATHARA PARIVARTANASANA  Jathara means stomach or abdomen ,parivartan means revolving ,turning . Steps to do - Lie down on a mat with straight spine ,legs together and arms extended straight out from your shoulders and palms up .  - Exhale and placing  your left foot on your right knee . - Inhale and lift your hip from the floor . -  Exhale and sliding your hip slightly backward to your left ,twist into your outer right side hip ,while gently pulling your left knee towards the floor with the help of your right hand . - Inhale and lengthening the posture making one line from heel head  -   Exhale turn your head and look towards your left hand side . - Stay this this position for some seconds . - And then inhale your breath return to center position and extending your legs ,aligned . - Do it for both sides . Benefits of this asana - This asana gives deep relaxation ,and relieve stress. - Give flexibility in the mid back and lower rib cage ....

GYAN MUDRA OR CHIN MUDRA  Mudras or hand gestures  helps to stimulate the body organs and endocrine glands .Mudras are the part of hatha yoga  . Mudras are practiced by yogis for thousands of years . Regular practising of mudras will give wonderful and amazing health benefits . Mudras will cure the body diseases ,and awakening the kundalini power also . Gyan mudra or chin mudra is a very simple and powerful mudra widely used in many yogic meditation poses. Method  - Sit down in the mate with sugasana or vajrasana or padmasana . - Touch the tip of the thump to the tip of the pointer . - Remaining 3 fingers should be keep straight . - Breathing should be normal . - Do this mudra on your both hands . - you can practice this mudra at any time .There is no time limit for doing this mudra . Benefits  - It sharpens the brain and increase the memory power . - It helps to increase the concentration power . - It is very useful for students for their studi...

PRITHVI MUDRA   Yoga mudras are set of hand gestures that help to balance the five elements within the human body .Mudras are very effective literal remote control switches  bring miraculous and  permanent changes including physical ,mental and spiritual changes in the human body .Mudras can bring changes in  endocrine glands ,veins ,tendons and sense organs in the human body .Regular and constant practice of mudras can stop destructive changes in the body .Prithvi mudra  is very effective mudra for relieving all digestive problems . Method   - Sit in sukha asana or padmasana in the mat .  - Bend your ring finger and press it gently against the tip of the thump . - The rest of the 3 fingers should be pointing straight . -Hold this position for 10 to 15 minutes . - Do this mudra  on both hands at the same time . - Breathing should be normal . Benefits of this mudra  - This mudra helps to balance 5 elements with in the b...

SASANKASANA (HARE POSE)  Steps to do: Sit in Vajrasana . Slowly raise your arms over the head while exhaling slowly bend forward . Stretch the palms on the floor with abdomen pressing against the thighs . Then bring the face downwards and touch the floor with the fore head without raising the buttocks . Breathing should be slow and then come back to the normal position . Repeat this for 5 to 6 times . Benefits of this asana:   This asana will improve digestion and excellent asana for digestive problems . It tones up the spinal nerves . It helps to relieve the arthritic pain . It helps to strengthen the legs ,thighs get strength and become supple .

'' Tri'' means three,' Kona' means angle. '  This standing asana is the extended triangle pose .so it called trikonasana. Steps to do  - Stand erect with the feet ,three feet wide apart . - Stretch the arms to the sides to be in line with the shoulders . - Keep the palm facing the ground . - Bend slowly to the left and touch the ground behind the left foot with left hand . - Bend the neck slightly to the right and touch to the right shoulder ,and the eyes should see the right hand fingers . - Stretch the right arm above ,the right and left arms should be perpendicular to the gourd . - While doing this positions breathing shloud be normal . - Stand up again and perform the same movement to the left side . - This asana can be done for 10 to 20 seconds 4 to 5 times can be done on each side . Benefits of this asana   - This will help to increase eye coordination and improves the vision . - This asana gives very good lateral movements to the spin...

Physiological benefits of yoga  - Stable autonomic nervous system equilibrium with a tendency towards parasympathetic nervous system dominance rather than the usual stress induced sympathetic nervous system dominance . - Respiratory rate normalized - High blood pressure decreases  - Pulse rate normalizes  - EEG - alpha waves increases  - Galvanic skin response increases - Cardiovascular efficiency increases  - Respiratory efficiency increases  - Gastrointestinal function increases  - Endocrine glands function normalizes  - Excretory function improves  - Musculoskeletal flexibility and joint range of motion increases  - Posture increases  - Pain decreases  - Sleep improves  - Energy levels increases  - Weight normalizes  - Strength and resiliency increases  - Respiratory amplitude and smoothness increase ,tidal volume increases ,vital capacity increases ,breath holding time increases ...

PADHA HASTHASANA " Padha " means the foot . "Hastha " means hands .In this asana the hands are touching the foot .Hence it is called padha hasthasana . Steps to do this asana  - - Stand erect with the feet together the heels and big toes touching each other . -- Raise  your both hands above the head and keep the hands straight . -- Slowly bend forward and without bending legs . -- Keeps the both hands palms on the floor by the sides of the feet . -- Move the head down and touch the knees with your head . -- Keep the legs straight and should not bend your knees  -- Breathing should be normal , -- Stay in this position for some seconds . -- Repeat this for 5 to 6 times . Benefits of this asana  --It is very helpful for gastric problems . -- It strengthen the stomach muscles and all abdominal organs will toned  by this asana . -- It activates the liver ,kidney ,spleen and pancreas , -- Slipped discs can be adjusted by this asana . -- It is a...

NAUKASANA ( BOAT POSE )   The word "nauka "means boat in sanskrit .This asana pose is resembles like a boat so it is called naukasana . Steps to do for naukasana  - Lie down straight on the abdomen with fore head resting on the floor . - Keep the legs together and hand extended forward on the floor . - While inhaling ,raise the hand ,head ,neck ,shoulders ,trunk ,and legs simultaneously as high as possible . - Keep the legs straight without folding knees , - Keep the hands straight without folding elbows . - Balance the full body weight on the stomach or navel . - Stay in this position for some seconds . - While exhaling come to the normal position . - Repeat this for 2 to 3 times . Benefits of this asana  - It improves , stimulate and regulate the functions of pancreas ,kidney ,liver and lungs . - It relieves the body stiffness and back pain . -It helps to strengthen the abdominal muscle and reduce the abdomen . - It helps to cure the constipation . ...

SARVANGASANA "Sarva " means all ,"Anga" means limb or body .Sarvanga means the entire body or all the limbs .The whole body benefits from this asana ,so it is called sarvangasana.  Steps to do  - Lie down on the back with legs and arms straight . - Feet should be together and palms on the floor beside the body . - Slowly raise the both legs . - Lift the trunk ,hip and legs quite vertically . - Support the back with the two hands ,one on each side  . - Rest the elbows on the ground . - Press the chin against the chest and form a chin lock firmly . - Allow the back ,shoulder ,and neck to touch the ground . - Keep the legs straight without shaking . - Breathing should be normal . - Stay it for 2 to 3 minutes and then come back to normal position . - Repeat this for 2 to 3 times . Benefits of this asana  -This is very good asana for thyroid gland.  It stimulate and regulate the functions of  the thyroid and para thyroid glands . It helps t...

Steps to do  - Sit in vajrasana or sugasana pose  - Place your both hands on your shoulder . - And rotate both hands clockwise and anticlockwise . - Breathing should be normal . Benefits of this asana - It relieves  the stiffness of the shoulders ,neck and back . - It is very good for cervical spondylosis and it will also prevent from cervical spondylosis . - It helps to strengthen the cranial nerves and shoulder muscles . - It helps to relieves the neck pain. This is very simple asana  for treating and preventing cervical spondylosis.

Steps to do  PARVATASANA  - Sit in vajrasana, or padmasana keep  the spine and the neck straight. - Close your eyes gently and inhale , raising both hands above the head . - Join the two palms in namaskar mudra . - Elbows should be straight and hands stretched upwards . - Breathing should be normal . - Stay this position for some seconds . - And return to normal position while exhaling . - Repeat this for 4 to 5 times . Benefits of this asana  - It gives natural massage to the heart and lungs . -  It is very useful in relieving the lumbar pains ,back pain ,shoulder pain ,knee pain  and ankle pain .  - It helps to relieve all digestive problems . - It helps to strengthen the thighs and legs . - This asana pulls up all the abdominal ,pelvic and side muscles . - It stretches the spine and ribs . - It is very good for varicose vein problem .

Steps to do  - Sit in vajrasana with back straight . - Hold the left hand by the right hand at  the back side . - Slowly bend forward and your fore head should be touch the floor. - The chest and stomach should be lie on the thighs. - While doing this your breathing should be normal . - Stay this position for few seconds and come back to the normal position . -Repeat this for 3 to 4 times . Benefits of this Asana - This asana cures gout ,flat feet and rheumatic pains in knees . - It relieves the back pain  - It reduces the belly and strengthen the abdomen muscles . - It helps to remove all the stomach related problems . - It improves the functions of pancreas and helps to prevents the diabetes . - It helps to remove the constipation . - It strengthens the thighs and legs. Daily practice this asana for better health.

" Uttana"  means raised " Padha " means foot .This is raised position of the foot .Hence it is called uttana padhasana . Steps to do for this Asana   - Lie on the back with legs and arms straight  ,feet together . - Keep your hands by your side palms facing the ground and touching the sides of the body . - While inhaling gradually raise the both  legs  together to 30 degree ,60 degrees and then 90 degrees ,pausing slightly at each angle without bending the knees . - At the 90  degree position raise the toes upwards while body lies on the ground from head to coccyx . - Maintain this posture for sometime and then while exhaling ,slowly come back to the lying position . - Do it same for 3 to 5 times . UTTANA PADHASANA Benefits of this Asana  - This asana strengthen the abdominal muscles  and intestinal organs . - It reduces the belly . - It helps to cure the nerve weakness ,constipation and indigestion . - It helps to cure herni...

MATSYASANA  Matsya means a fish .This asana is called matsyasana because a person can float on water like a fish for some time if he lies in this posture while swimming . Steps to do for this Asana   - First sit in padmasana ,and then -  Lie down flat on the back with the legs on the  floor . - Arch the back by lifting the neck and chest . - Hold the toes with your hands . -This position should be maintain for some seconds . - 5 to 6 times deep breathing should be taken through each nostrils  at the final pose. - This can be do it for 2 to 3 times .  Benefits of this asana -This asana is very useful for a person suffering from asthma ,chronic bronchitis ,chronic cough ,infected tonsils ,and other respiratory problems .  - It stimulate endocrine glands like pituitary and pineal glands which are located in the brain . - It helps to over come the thyroid gland and para thyroid gland problems . - It removes the constipation . - It ...

Suryanamaskar is the ancient ritual of saluting the sun .Suryanamaskar has its pride of place in yogasana and it  gives innumerable health benefits to our body .It gives combined benefits of asanas ,pranayama and exercise .It is very good exercise to our organs like liver ,kidney ,spleen lungs ,pancreas ,intestines  etc .It is very beneficial in cases of bronchial asthma ,irregular menstruation ,constipation ,initial stage of arthritis and diabetic mellitus .Regular practice of suryanamaskar ,the body will be always  active ,fresh and young .The functions of our body organs will be improve .12 poses constitute one suryanamaskar . one must move from one pose to the other in a continuous motion . Pose 1.    First stand erect ,keeping legs together and knees straight .And then do namaskar ,fold the arms and bring hands  to in front of the chest .Thumbs must be touch the middle of the chest and fore arms be kept outward stiff and eyes should be closed ,bre...