What is Tadasana
Tadasana Tadasana can be used as a starting position for all type of asana which are done in standing position, or it can be also used to improve shape of the body.
- Tadasana is a position used at the beginning and in the middle and in the end, in which you pay attention to your position, your concentration and your breathing.
- During intensive Yoga sessions Tadasana makes it easier for you to maintain your meditative focus, as well as to increase and regain it.
Also Know as: Mountain Pose, Hill Posture, Tada Asana, Tad Asan,
How to start this Asana
- Stand erect, legs together, hands by the side of the thighs.
- Look towards front.
- Bring the hands up straight towards the sky, fingers pointing upward.
- Raise your hands straight in front up to arms.
- Palms facing each other.
- Now slowly raise your heels and stand on toes.
- Raise heels as much as you can.
- Stretch body up as much as possible.
How to end this Asana
- For returning to the original position, bring your heels on the ground first.
- And then slowly bring down your hands also.
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Benefits of Tadasana
According to research, this Asana is helpful as per below(YR/1)
- Improves posture.
- Strengthens thighs, knees, and ankles.
- Firms’ abdomen and buttocks.
- Relieves sciatica.
- Reduces flat feet.
Precaution to be taken before doing Tadasana
As per several scientific studies, precautions need to be taken in diseases mentioned as per below(YR/2)
- Headache
- Insomnia
- Low blood pressure
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
Tadasana is helpful in increase flexibility of muscles, improves shape of the body, reduce mental stress, as well improves overall health.
