What is Garudasana
Garudasana For Garudasana you need strength, flexibility, and endurance, but also unwavering concentration that actually calms the fluctuations (vrtti) of consciousness.
- This is true of all the yoga poses, but it’s a bit more obvious in this asana looking like Eagle.
Also Know as: Eagle Posture, Standing Spinal Twist Pose, Garud Asan, Garuda Asana, Samkatasana, Contracted Pose, Dangerous Posture, Sankata or Samkata Asana, Sankat or Samkat Asan, Sankatasana
How to start this Asana
- Start from Utkatasana and shift your weight onto the right leg.
- Bring the left leg up and cross the left thigh over the right.
- Put the left foot around the back side part below the right knee.
- Bring the arms out in front.
- Cross the right arm over the left and bring the palms to touch.
- Lift the elbows while keeping the shoulders sliding down the back.
- Hold the position for some time and repeat.
How to end this Asana
- Stay for 15 to 30 seconds, then unwind the legs and arms and stand in Tadasana again.
- Repeat for the same length of time with the arms and legs reversed.
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Benefits of Garudasana
According to research, this Asana is helpful as per below(YR/1)
- Strengthens and stretches the ankles and calves.
- Stretches the thighs, hips, shoulders, and upper back.
- Improves concentration.
- Improves sense of balance.
Precaution to be taken before doing Garudasana
As per several scientific studies, precautions need to be taken in diseases mentioned as per below(YR/2)
- The persons with knee injuries should avoid this pose
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
Garudasana is helpful in increase flexibility of muscles, improves shape of the body, reduce mental stress, as well improves overall health.
