PADMASANA - Lotus Pose

                                 
Padmasana means lotus Pose.We keep our spinal cord as erect as a lotus stem while it is practised.

Technique
1 Sit on a carpet stretching the legs fully. Then fold the right leg and rest the heel on the left thigh.
2 Likewise fold the left leg and rest the heel on the right thigh close to abdomen.
3 Sit erect without bending the spine.Palms turned up in "Chin Mudra" with your index finger touching the thumb(see the picture) and place the wrist without bending elbows straight on knees.
4 Close your eyes and count 50 to 0 (Descending Order). Open your eyes dislodge "chin Mudra" and stretch your legs and sit.

Benefits
1 Waist region gets strengthened. Nervous system is tranquilized.
2 Meditation,Breathing exercises and Kundalini yoga becomes easy when Padmasana is practised.
3 Fats in thigh and heel muscles are decreased. Air,Heat and Water in our body are balanced properly.
4 Anger slides down and ambition soars up. We will grow up"Take it easy Person".
5 Lotus Pose Asana Cures Impotency. Numbness in leg,ankle pain,leg pain and other disorders can be cured.
6 Person working in office-sitting from the morning to evening doing bench work like clerk,software engineer,writer,poets.When they practised this asana for 30 minutes in the morning and evening they can perform their duty well for a long time without fatigue.

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Guidelines Of Yoga Practise

1  Padmasana should practised for one minute before and after finishing Yogasana in tranquility.
2  It is good to practiced Yogasana 5-7 in morning or 5-7 in the evening. 
3  The bladder and large intestines should be emptied and legs,hands and face have to be washed before performing Asanas.                                                                                                  
4  It is practised immediately after a bath or if yoga is performed there should gap of 20 minutes before taking bath.
5  It should be practised on a carpet, preferebly in a spacious well ventilated atmosphere.It is far better to practised in open air terrace.
6  After sexual intercourse that is after 5 hours one can practise.If the intercourse were to be in the early morning the yoga can be practised in the evening.
7  It is better to avoid potato,curd,sugar,fried food.Avoiding Non Veg foods on Tuesday and Friday.
8  It has to be practised after four hours after food or one hour after tea or coffee.Food can be taken only after 20 minutes of practising.
9  When one is awake in the night or travels long distance or takes oil bath or feels tired or has fever or headache on e should not practised asana and take rest on that day practising only savasana.
10  While performing Asana if one gets sweat or becomes tired,Practising shanthi asana will give rest.Only then other Asanas can be continued.
11 With the peace of mind and calmness,closing the eyes it should be practised. Asanas with the pair have to be practised on both sides.It should not be practised on one side alone.
12 Practising shanthi asana in between Asanas gives needed rest to body and keeps us fresh and energetic.
13 Those who take any medicine can take it after 20 minutes of yoga practised.thinking that these medicines have to be taken in empty  stomach before yoga practised is not right.

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Health Benefits of Yoga Asanas

1 Proper practice of Yoga Asanas brings mind under our command. Hence anger,jealously and such other mental stresses can be checked and controlled.      
2 One could derive best result through concentration in it to achieve success in the profession.
3 Yoga Asanas aids to get rid of smoking and drinking. It enhances virility in men.                                                  
4 It provides immense energy to do work without fatigue. Stomach problems can be averted throughout life.
5 Thyroid gland will be facilitated properly to function.It guards us from diseases. As the blood flow is well regulated nervous disorders can be eliminated.




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Yoga Chakras

Different types of glands in our body.In Yoga they are called it as Chakra.

1 Pineal gland - Crown Chakra                                                             

2 Pituitary gland - Agna Chakra                                                                    

3 Thyroid and Para Thyroids - Throat Chakra                                                  

4 Thymus gland - Heart Chakra

5 Adrenal gland - Solar Plexus Chakra

6 Pancreas gland - Sacral Chakra

7 Gonad gland (testes in males overies in females) - Base Chakra

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