Yoga For Anxiety And Depression

By Author: Rajesh mishra
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Most of the people, around 70 to 80 percent, which has a larger strength, including youngsters, suffer from anxiety and depression across the globe. While there are available anti-depression drugs to look for relief and peace of mind, but such medicines do have a series of negative effects on one’s mind. Now people in a large number turn towards enlightenment in the form of Yoga and meditation for obtaining that lost peace as we can see how Yoga and meditation centers are being set-up in the western world in a huge number.
At Himalayan Holistic Yoga School, Rishikesh, a prominent center for Yoga teacher training, we have associated many yoga individualists who always look to extend assistance and help towards others, for spreading the light of Yoga philosophy and practice which has a long-term effect on one’s body and mind. In an attempt to provide a strong measure to check the threat of anxiety and depression, a few tested and trusted Asanas are put into practice, and such are welcomed to have express benefits on those practicing them. Some of the popular yoga Asanas are as mentioned below:
Sun Salutation:
This is also mentioned as the mother of Yogic exercises and is a combination of 12 postures where inhalation and exhalation are centered extremely at every step of the salutation. The whole body is stretched, and numerous types of energies are channeled through the body, beating the compressing aspects of anxiety and depression.
The Child Pose:
This Asana is also called Balasana, meaning a child pose and is easy to practice, meant for looking for a soothing impact onto our body in a try to check anxiety. To practice it, first sit in a table pose, then exhale and lower the hips to the heels and forehead to the floor. Keep the knees together or, if more comfortable, spread the knees slightly apart. The arms can be overhead with the palms on the floor; the palms can be stacked under the forehead. Breathe slowly and deeply, actively pressing the belly against the thighs on the inhale. Breathe and hold for 4-12 breaths. To release: place the palms under the shoulders and slowly breathe in up to a seated position.
The Shoulder Stand:
This is the main Asana intended for beating stress and anxiety from the very root, and this Asana is also known as Sarvangasana, which means “All Organs.” Through this Asana, the whole mind and body are filled liveliness when our legs and torso are stretched wide, and we raise our body, with the neck bent, and the head is fixed onto the ground. At this time, the total body weight rests onto our shoulders as we hold our body with hands. There are a few steps involved to practice it, and only experts with certifications should supervise it.
This has proved to be a useful yoga practice for beating stress and anxiety and has a multitude of benefits onto our body and mind.