paschimottanasana

Paschimottanasana

The Steps to Perform Paschimottanasana:

• Lie down on your back in a mat. Your legs should be straight and stretch your hands upward straightly besides the ears. Your fingers should be straight.

• Deeply inhale now. Don’t bring your hands down, slowly raise up the body and sit. You should keep your hands beside the ears. This is the first state.

• In this stage exhale the breath and bend the body hold the first finger in your legs with the index finger and the middle finger by making it as a anchor.

• Deeply inhale and exhale once, your elbows should beside the knee joints and it should touch the floor. Now your face is in between the knee joints. Be in this pose for five to ten seconds. Now sit straight and your finger should hold the big finger of your leg.

• As said in the first stage, sit straightly and your hands must beside the ears. Slowly bring your body to the backside and lie down. Now take the breath normally.

Benefits of Paschimottanasana :

• While practicing this Paschimottanasana the intestines, gall bladder are smoothly pressed and stimulates well.

• The soul energy of the body will be strengthening by spinal cord, spinal nerves are pulled during the time of asana.

• It prevents diabetes. It increases the fertility factor of male removes the infertility.

• Stomach pain, headache, piles, hip pain, back pain and body weakness are cured by doing this asana.

• The menstrual problem will be cured for the ladies. Hip bones will become strengthen.

• For women can do this asana before marriage can give birth from normal delivery by strengthening their bones and inner reproductive organs.

• This asana helps to increase the concentration capacity.

Precautions

• People suffering from back pain should avoid this asana.

• People suffering from ulcer and hernia do not practice this asana.

• Do not practice any Asana OR Pranayama in which you don’t feel comfortable.

• Do not over do the exercises if you feel pain in your body.

• Start exercises mildly and then increase the repetitions as per your capacity.

• People suffering from Back pain, Slip disc OR chronic disease should only practice
  Yoga and other exercises under the expert supervision otherwise do not do it.

• Pregnant women should only practice Yoga under the supervision of an expert otherwise do not practice any exercise by watching videos or website material.