The queen of all yoga postures...The sarvanga-asana is considered\to be the most beneficial of all yoga postures.
When performed in the morning it relieves fatigue caused by sleeping too much or too little and when practiced in the evening it helps to promote deep, restful sleep. It strengthens the back and helps to relieve lower back pain.
The increased blood flow to the head and upper body helps to heal many disorders such as headaches, nasal congestion and sore throats. The entire endocrine, digestive, nervous, and venous systems of the body are stimulated in ways that no form of diet or conventional exercise can perform.
A rich supply of oxygenated blood is sent to the organs and glands in the upper part of the body, such as the brain, thyroid and pituitary, and heart thereby stimulating them. Pressure is relieved from the lower body extremities relieving pain and/or swelling of the feet and legs. The sarvanga-asana also provides great benefit to the abdominal organs helping to relieve gas and constipation and stimulate digestion. Regular practice of this posture invigorates the mind and helps to calm the nervous system.
Because you are inverting the gravitational pull, you are in fact reversing the effects of againg (the sagging and pulling downwards that upright living succumbs to).
Thank you for these great stretching tips. I will try these to
ReplyDeleterelieve lower back pain.