Do you feel like surviving a day without coffee is impossible? You often feel drowsy and first thought is to jump into the bed? Here are some asanas (posture) which help to boost your blood pressure. When practising asanas it is important to use common sense and to watch the reaction of the body, thereby judging the time that you stay in them.
HAND STAND (Salamba Sarvangasana).
To reach HAND STAND (Salamba Sarvangasana) first:
1. Lie flat on the back keeping the legs stretched out, tightened at the knees. Place the hands by the side of the legs, palms down. Take a few deep breaths. Ideally, inhale counting 4 then exhale counting 8.
1. Take a few deep breaths. Exhale slowly and at the same time raise both legs together and bring them at 90 degrees angle to the body. Remain in this posture and inhale, keeping the legs steady.
2. Exhale, again raise the legs further up by lifting the hips and back from the floor, pressing the palms gently against the floor.
3. When the whole trunk is raised off the ground, bend the elbows and place the palms on the back of the ribs, resting the shoulders well on the floor
4. Utilise the palm pressure and raise the trunk and legs up vertically so that the breast bone presses the chin to form a firm chinlock. Remember to bring the chest forward to touch the chin and not to bring the chin towards the chest. If the latter is done, the spine is not stretched completely and the full effect of this asana will not be felt.
4. The body should be in one straight line, vertical to the floor. This is the final position.
Remain in this pose for not less than 5 minutes. Gradually increase the time to 15minutes; at the same time trust your body and do not remain in the pose when it does not feel right (do not associate it with giving up)
Here are the benefits of practicing HAND STAND (Salamba Sarvangasana):
- If the glands fail to function properly, the hormones are not produced as they should be and the body starts to deteriorate. HAND STAND (Salamba Sarvangasana) helps to function properly and have a direct effect on the thyroid and parathyroid glands which are situated in the neck region, since due to the firm chinlock their blood supply is increased
- Since the body is inverted, the blood flows to the heart without any strain by force of gravity
- Healthy blood is also allowed to circulate around the neck and chest. As a result persons suffering from breathlessness, palpitation, asthma, bronchitis and throat ailments get relief
- Headache even chronic ones disappear, because the head remains firm in inverted position, and the supply of the blood to it is regulated by the firm chinlock and as a consequences the nerves ‘calm down’.
- Continued practice of this asana eliminate common cold and other nasal disturbances
- Due to the ‘calming down’ effect of the pose on the nerves, those suffering from hypertension, irritation, shortness of temper, nervous breakdown and insomnia are relieved.
- The change in bodily gravity also affects the abdominal organs so that the bowels move freely and constipation vanishes
- As a result of all the benefits of HAND STAND (Salamba Sarvangasana) the system is freed from toxins and one feels full of energy
- Recommended for urinary disorders, menstrual trouble
- It helps to relieve from low vitality and anaemia
- If the person regularly practices HAND STAND (Salamba Sarvangasana) he will feel new vigour and strength, he will be happy and confident. New life will flow into him, his mind will be at peace and he will feel the joy of life
- After a long illness, the practice of this asana regularly twice a day brings back lost vitality
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