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https://sadhakanshit.com/update/how-to-do-prasarita-padottanasana-and-its-benefits-sadhak-anshit/91587
Prasarita Padottanasana
Inverting our usual posture and pressing the torso towards the joints is beneficial to improve the functioning of internal organs and help digestion. At the same time, doing so affects the nervous system, relaxing and soothing it. Such yoga poses have also proved to be beneficial against anxiety, stress, and depression.
Prasarita Padottasana is an excellent example for inverted asanas. The inversion of the torso and contact of the head’s crown to earth helps relievi...
https://sadhakanshit.com/update/flying-pigeon-pose-step-by-step-sadhak-anshit/91286
Flying Pigeon Step by Step
Step One
Standing at the top of your mat in tadasana, come into a “half chair” or “gentleman's chair” pose by flexing your right foot, crossing your right ankle over your left thigh, and sitting your hips back evenly like you would for chair pose. If you find your right hip is pulling forward of your left, draw the right outer hip back so that it's level with the left one. Bring your hands to your heart, or extend your arms straight forward or up alongside your ears...
https://sadhakanshit.com/update/what-does-ardha-baddha-padmottanasana-mean/91177
Ardha Baddha Padmottanasana is a Classic Combination of half lotus pose (Ardha Padmottanasana) and Standing Forward Bend Pose (Uttanasana). The Name Comes from the Sanskrit Ardha, meaning "Half," Baddha, meaning "Bound," Padma, meaning "Lotus," Uttana, meaning "intense Stretch," and Asana, meaning "Pose" or "Posture."
The pose involves holding one leg as though in half lotus pose and bending forward while standing instead of sitting, as one would in uttanasana.
Ardha baddha padmottanasana may...
https://sadhakanshit.com/update/urdhva-mukha-paschimottanasana-uu-sadhak-anshit/90892
Level: Intermediate
Type: Stretch, Forward-Bend, Balance, Strength
Position: Sitting
Duration: 5 Breaths
Definition
Urdhva Mukha Paschimottanasana is one of the most important and advanced asanas in the Ashtanga Primary Series Sequence with a lot of benefits.
A combination out of Paschimottanasana(Seated Forward Bend) and Ubhaya Padangusthasana(Both Big Toe Pose) which is traditionally known to open the svadhisthana(sacral) chakra.
Important to know before you practice Urdhva Mukha Paschimot...
https://sadhakanshit.com/update/power-yoga-poses-warm-ups-and-primary-sequence/90229
Power yoga is a combination of conventional yoga principles, and modern ideals that embrace physical fitness. To understand where these two forms intersect, you must first understand the primary principles of yoga. Below are three of these principles relevant to your power yoga endeavors.
1. Everyone is unique, as are their strengths and weaknesses. Over yoga’s nearly 5,000 year history, there have been various styles developed to address the capabilities of those who practice it, from medit...
https://sadhakanshit.com/update/ardha-baddha-padma-paschimottanasana-half-lotus-intense-stretch-of-the-west/87705
Position : Sitting
Type : Seated forward bend
Spiritual Awareness : Mooladhara and Swadisthan chakra
Physical Awareness : Back, hamstrings, chest, abdomen, shoulders. Extended stretch to the inside of the legs and muscles between the shoulder blades.
Dosha Suitability : Vata and Pita can also benefit
Introducery Asanas : Triyak Bhujangasan, Chakrasan, Matsyasan
How To Do
Sit with both the legs outstretched.
Bend the right leg and place the right foot as high as possible on the...
https://sadhakanshit.com/update/how-to-do-supta-bhairavasana-and-its-benifits/82885
Supta Bhairavasana is An Advanced Yoga Pose that Provides an intense leg and hip stretch.
In English, this Asana is called Reclining Formidable Pose.
How To Do Supta Bhairavasana
Beginning in Dandasana (seated with both legs straight), one leg is lifted and weaves under the arm on the same side, then around the back of the neck. The hands take prayer position at the center of the chest. For the full expression of the pose, the body reclines and the drishti is toward the sky.
Physical Benifi...
https://sadhakanshit.com/update/6-simple-ways-to-clear-negative-energy-sadhak-anshit/79095
Whether you feel bad juju coming from someone else or lingering in a space, try one of these tactics to clear negative energy and call in more light.
Every day we come into contact with energy that can greatly influence our mood and well-being.
Many years before I knew anything about energy, I spent the day in a hospital with a friend who was awaiting surgery. Each hour, the surgery was further delayed and, as she was unable to eat or drink, I didn’t eat or drink anything either. Finally, at...
https://sadhakanshit.com/update/urdhva-upavistha-konasana-upward-facing-wide-angle-pose/76499
Upavistha konasana is a seated forward bend that requires flexibility. From a seated position, the legs are spread wide and the upper body folds forward. In addition to a range of physical benefits, this pose calms the mind and the nervous system.
The Term comes from the Sanskrit upavistha, meaning “seated” or “sitting,” kona, meaning “angle,” and asana, meaning “pose” or “posture.”
The common English name for upavistha konasana is wide angle seated forward bend. It is also sometimes referred...
https://sadhakanshit.com/update/yoga-for-happy-living/71063
Yoga is a holistic approach to healthy living. Vichar or thinking is vital. To train the mind with positive and happy thoughts, a few basics things can be done. They are Yoga Asanas, Yoga Pranayama, reducing stress through proper relaxation, reflection & meditation, and Sattvik Diet.Yoga Asanas:Healthy mind is a healthy body; yoga asanas or poses helps to trigger the release for feel-good hormones or happy hormones. Stretching during the poses stimulates and strengthens the body making it flexi...
