today i have learnt four new asaanas... shashakasana, uttapdasana, Supta Vajrasana and nihalasana

• nilambaasana

• Shavasana

This is the most deceiving pose of all... watching it seems the simplest but in practice its the toughest... in this asan we have to do nothing...physically and mentally...the latter is the toughest... mentally means we have to think nothing...we have to be third person state...only witnessing but not indulging in the thoughts...

• Chakrasana

bodyparts: sides of the body

procedure:stand straight with heels close and toes apart...while inhaling raise your right hand slowly till it reaches the side of ur ear...then by exhaling bend to the left side...here at the end position the breathing should be normal...then while inhaling come back to mid position ie standing straight and while exhaling lower your hand...repeat with the other hand...

 

• Shashankasana type 1

This is one asana which i could not complete till now...there r four types of this.

bodyparts: Back

procedure:sit in vajrasan...raise your hands while inhaling slowly... now with steady exhalation bend forward and touch the forehead to the ground. At the end position breathing pattern is normal...now while inhaling come back to the normal position.

Caution: make sure that when u bend ur body should be straight ie u should bend from lower back...and also that ur buttocks should always touch ur heels...once u feel tht ur buttocks are raising up then that is ur final position and stop there...

• Shashankasana type 2

bodyparts: back

procedure: very similar to above one but instead of raising both the hands we will catch the ankle of the leg.

• Supta Vajrasana type 1

procedure: this is a complement of the above asana... as in shashankasana we bend forward in this we bend backward to complement the spine... in type 1 of this we do not bend as in the pic but only partly...sit in vajraasan...hold ur ankles by the side and while inhaling slowly bend backwards with the help of elbows..in type 1 u stop here...rest on the elbows and head is hanging bck freely...now inhaling come back to the normal position...

• Uttanapadasana type 1

bodyparts: abdomen, decreasing fat in abdomen

procedure: lie on your back with your hands by your side facing down...slowly while inhaling raise your left leg to 90 deg without bending your knee...move your feet up and down for threee times and then bring it down...same with the other leg.

Caution:there is no hard and fast rule tht u have to raise to 90 deg ...raise as far as u can but make sure tht u dont bend ur knee...

continuing with the asanas tht im practicing till now...

 
• Padmasana...is indeed a difficult asana, i must say coz this is one which im yet to complete...all the comditional exercise which im into is to achieve this successfully...first sit in with your legs stretched forwards. then lift ur right leg and place it on your left thigh then take your left leg and place it on ur right thigh...now u will be sitting with your both soles facing upwards resembling a Lotus flower...thus the name Padmasana.
  
• nishkantbhaavaasan...is a relaxing pose...strech your legs forward with some gap and rest your hands back and place the weight of the body on both hands with head hanging backwards freely...
  
• ArthaPadmasana...is wht it literally means...half the padmaasana...padmasan is a vry difficult one and requires lot of flexibilty in your legs to complete that...so untill u reach tht stage you can perform this aasan which is half lotus...ie you need to place one leg on the other leg's thigh and leave the other leg normally...

 

 

• Sukhasa...is nothing but normal squat...this is the easiest asana in my yoga practice till now. You can shift to this aasana whenever u feel uncomfortable in Vajrasana or Padmasana...

Didn't learn any new asanas today...but making my body really ready for the tasks coming in a few days...by neck is aching because of the conditional exercises tht im doing....just imagine wht would i be if attempted the asanas directly.... one sure thing tht I'm learning, is to respect my body and really try to understnd it... we really need to take extrme care of our bodies. Yesterdy i read an article in daily regd. cardiovascular exercises...it said tht though the cardio decreases the risk for heart ailments..we shoild takeup the exercises slow enough not to let our body take the toll...

Im summurising some of the asanas practising from couple of days...

• Vajrasana..is the basic technique for yoga...one needs to sit on their feetclosed inwards and making the semicircle with their feets and placing their buttocks in tht. It makes us sit straight and feel erect. It is said tht if we can sit like this for one hour...then our body will become supple.

Well i think i got the taste of wht it will be like in coming days...I have learnt 3 asanas today...

• Makarasana

body parts: breathing ailments. It really helps people suffereng from asthama.

procedure: lie down on your stomach with your legs apart and heels adjacent to each other i.e opposite to each other.hold your shoulders and make sure tht ur chest doesnot touch the ground.rest your head on the trough of the hands and with your eyes open breathe in and out.

 

 

Well, its been 15 Months since i have entered my professional life, working for an Indian MNC ofcourse...Many things have changed in this year's time and my life has taken twists and turns like a rollarcoster ride...
One thing that has really bothering me, not in a +ve sense, is of my fitness...my office is 30 kilometres from my house and im like travelling almost 60 kilometres daily. Apart from that i will sit in front of my screen for hours together which cumlinated with BACK PAIN.

To kill it in the nascent form i have joined YOGA. a 21 days(3 weeks) starting from today....

DAY 1
Today being the first day, we had this introduction to yoga and how imporant of the yogasanaas are to explain the importance...
I have learnt Vajraasan,Pdmaasan,Artha Padmaaasan...apart from this I have also learnt some formal warmup exercises.