What is Gorakshasana, Its Benefits & Precautions

What is Gorakshasana

Gorakshasana This asana is a minor variant of Bhadrasana.

Also Know as: Cowherd Posture, Goatherd Pose, Goraksha Asan, Gay-Raksha Asana

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1 What is Gorakshasana
2 Benefits of Gorakshasana
3 Precaution to be taken before doing Gorakshasana

How to start this Asana

  • Sit in Dandasana position , fold your legs with knees as wide as possible and bring the feet in front of the groin.
  • Keep the soles of the feet opposed and touching each other.
  • Make sure you have your heels up and toes touching the ground.
  • Hold the ankles with your opposite hands and keep the body straight.
  • Close the eyes and concentrate on breathing or attain any of the gazing Mudras.

How to end this Asana

  • Maintain the position as long as you feel comfortable and then revert to the basic asana.
  • Do pranayama and one of the Mudras for 5 minutes after this asana.

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Benefits of Gorakshasana

According to research, this Asana is helpful as per below(YR/1)

  1. It prevents development of hernia, relieves pain of sciatica, strengthen muscles of the leg and improves health of the reproductive organs.
  2. It improves concentration and helps relax the mind.

Precaution to be taken before doing Gorakshasana

As per several scientific studies, precautions need to be taken in diseases mentioned as per below(YR/2)

  1. People with spinal cord deformities, disabilities of hip joints should not do this asana.

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
Gorakshasana is helpful in increase flexibility of muscles, improves shape of the body, reduce mental stress, as well improves overall health.








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