What is Bhujangasana
Bhujangasana This is a basic yoga posture. It is very easy to do especially if your back is not too stiff and rigid.
- Regular practice of this asana makes child birth easy, good for digestion and constipation and gives a good blood circulation.
Also Know as: Full Snake Posture, Cobra Pose, Serpent, Samp Asan
How to start this Asana
- Lie down on the floor with your legs together and your palms down under your shoulders and rest your forehead on the floor.
- Your elbows should touch your middle portion of the body.
- Inhale, and raise the head and chest above the navel area, upwards.
- Tighten the legs from the waist down to the toes.
- Hold your breath and retain in the same position for a while.
How to end this Asana
- Exhale, and simultaneously lower the head towards the floor.
- Relax your body and rest with your right or left cheek on the floor for about 6 seconds.
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Benefits of Bhujangasana
According to research, this Asana is helpful as per below(YR/1)
- This asana brings a rich blood supply to the spinal region and increases flexibility.
- Energizes and activates the upper areas of the body like head, face, neck, shoulders and chest, and gives the youthful appearance.
- Good for troubles like constipation, indigestion and it increases appetite.
Precaution to be taken before doing Bhujangasana
As per several scientific studies, precautions need to be taken in diseases mentioned as per below(YR/2)
- Avoid this asana if you have problem of peptic ulcer, hernia or hyperthyroid.
- Do not practice cobra asana while pregnancy.
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
Bhujangasana is helpful in increase flexibility of muscles, improves shape of the body, reduce mental stress, as well improves overall health.
