What is Dandasana
Dandasana Dandasana is the simplest form of sitting position on which many other asanas are based.
- Sit with your legs straight and feet together and place the hands on the ground on either side of the body with fingers pointing forward. Make sure that you breathe normally and have your eyes shut for concentration.
- It is advisable to sit in this posture for a little time before practicing other asanas based on Dandasana.
Also Know as: Staff Pose, Dundasana, Dunda Asana, Dund Posture, dand Asan,
How to start this Asana
- Start from a seated position, extend the legs straight out in front of you with your hands behind your hips and your fingers pointed away.
- Press the hip bones down and reach the crown of your head up to lengthen the spine.
- Drop the shoulders down and back and press the chest forward.
- Use the arms to support the chest open and the spine straight.
- Press the heels away from you and pull the toes towards your head.
- Breathe and hold for 3-6 breaths.
How to end this Asana
- To release, soften your throat and neck, and feel your head softly lifting off the top of your spine.
- Breathe comfortably and smoothly through your nose.
- Keep your eyes, jaw, and hearing relaxed.
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Benefits of Dandasana
According to research, this Asana is helpful as per below(YR/1)
- It relaxes a person’s body and mind when over strained and exhausted.
- It also prepares a person for doing other asanas.
- Staff posture lengthens and realigns the spine, gently stretches the backs of the legs, opens the chest and stimulates the respiratory and reproductive systems.
Precaution to be taken before doing Dandasana
As per several scientific studies, precautions need to be taken in diseases mentioned as per below(YR/2)
- Heels should not lift off the ground while doing this asana.
- If you can not sit up with a straight spine then a blanket or cushion under the back part of your buttocks to help rotate the pelvis forward and by doing this you also will have a straight spine.
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
Dandasana is helpful in increase flexibility of muscles, improves shape of the body, reduce mental stress, as well improves overall health.
