What is Supta Garbhasana
Supta Garbhasana This asana is a spinal rocking child pose. Because it looks like a child spinal rocking pose, that is why, it is called sputa-garbhasana.
Also Know as: Supine Child with Spinal Rocking posture, Sleeping Child Posture, Sleep Baby Pose, Foetus Pose, Supt Bal Asan, Supta Bala Asana, Nidra Garbhasana, Neend Gharbha Asana, Sota Gharabh Asan
How to start this Asana
- Sit in Padmasana and lie down on your back.
- Like kukkutasanatake out the hands from in between the thighs and calf muscles.
- Tie the hands at the back.
- This can also be done by holding the neck or ears with the hands.
How to end this Asana
- To release, Come back to the starting position of padmasana and relax.
Video Tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPAv3Z0RS8I
Benefits of Supta Garbhasana
According to research, this Asana is helpful as per below(YR/1)
- Stretches the lower back and hips.
- This is a good yoga position to relax in during fatigue.
Precaution to be taken before doing Supta Garbhasana
As per several scientific studies, precautions need to be taken in diseases mentioned as per below(YR/2)
- Not for the persons who have the injury of back.
So, consult your doctor if you have any of the problem mentioned above.
Histroy and scientific base of Yoga
Due to the oral transmission of sacred writings and the secrecy of its teachings, yoga’s past is riddled with mystery and confusion. Early yoga literature were recorded on delicate palm leaves. So it was easily damaged, destroyed, or lost. Yoga’s origins may be dated back over 5,000 years. However other academics believe it could be as old as 10,000 years. Yoga’s lengthy and illustrious history may be split into four distinct periods of growth, practise, and invention.
- Pre Classical Yoga
- Classical Yoga
- Post Classical Yoga
- Modern Yoga
Yoga is a psychological science with philosophical overtones. Patanjali begins his Yoga method by instructing that the mind must be regulated – Yogahs-chitta-vritti-nirodhah. Patanjali does not delve into the intellectual underpinnings of the need to regulate one’s mind, which are found in Samkhya and Vedanta. Yoga, he continues, is the regulation of the mind, the constraint of the thought-stuff. Yoga is a science based on personal experience. The most essential advantage of yoga is that it helps us to maintain a healthy bodily and mental state.
Yoga can help to slow down the ageing process. Since aging starts mostly by autointoxication or self-poisoning. So, we can considerably limit the catabolic process of cell degeneration by keeping the body clean, flexible, and properly lubricated. Yogasanas, pranayama, and meditation must all be combined to reap the full advantages of yoga.
SUMMARY
Supta Garbhasana is helpful in increase flexibility of muscles, improves shape of the body, reduce mental stress, as well improves overall health.
