Monday, January 25, 2010

Benefits Of Shavasana

Yoga in itself is a great way to relax your body and rejuvenate your mind. But one of the asanas called shavasana is often considered the easiest of all the asanas. Yet if you look at the benefits of shavasana it is much more than just lying down and relaxing. Generally this relaxation asana is done after one has finished all the other asanas or it might also be advised to lie down in shavasana after few asanas has been performed at stretch. Shavasana is often done to finish your yoga session and offer complete relaxation to each and every part of your body. Though your body does not move at all, but your mind remains equally alert.




When you start with the shavasana, slowly you direct your mind towards each and every nerve and part of the body and instruct it to relax. As you mind is conscious and body relaxed it helps you to take in better amount of life energy. But there are certain rules that you must follow like your body and mind must be in coordination. When both your body as well as mind is without any motion, is helps you to attain better relaxing state. You can help yourself to reach this state by either following some instructions or some mantras etc.



Now looks at the benefits of this asana and you will be amazed to know how a simple asana like this can actually rejuvenate your entire systems including respiratory one also. By relaxing the entire systems in the body, it helps you to save life energy for proper functioning of the body. Beneficial for heart patients, shavasana relaxes your body to flush out any kind of stress and depression that might be accumulated in your body. In fact if you suffer from sleeplessness and headaches then also you can easily follow this asanas for better results. Since you like back in shavasana, just be careful if you have any kind of back related problems.

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