UTTANASANA | BENEFITS AND EFFECTS

Uttanasana is Sanskrit word where uttana stands for intense stretching and asana means posture. It has been formerly called as standing forward bent pose in English. In this asana the spine must be bent to give it an intense stretch. This asana owns amazing miracles like rejuvenating your body and increases the speed of blood circulation in your head, this gives a refreshing energy to your brain. Let’s get into deep to know about uttanasana

HOW TO DO UTTANASANA

1. This asana starts with other asana called Tadasana. So after getting into tadasana.
2. Exhale, bend forward and place fingers on the floor, then place the palms on the floor by the side to the feet, behind the heels. Here try not to bend the legs at the knees.
3. Now hold the head up and stretch your spine gently. Then move hips a little forward towards the head so as to bring the legs perpendicular to the floor.
4. Continue to maintain in this position until two deep breathes.
5. Now exhale and move your upper body and rest the head on the knees (as shown in fig)
6. In this position, do not lose the grip in the knees, hold your knees well enough to hold for a minute with even and deep breathing.
7. Inhale and raise the head from the knees, without lifting palms from the floor as in step 3.
8. After two deep breathes , take a deep inhalation, lift the hands from the floor and come to the initial position i.e., Tadasana

BENEFITS AND EFFECTS OF UTTANASANA

• On regular practice this asana cures stomach pains and tones the liver, the spleen and the kidneys.
• This asana gives good stretch to your back, hips, calves, and hamstrings
• After completing this asana (i.e., as soon as you reach tadasana after uttanasana) you can experience refreshing calm and coolness in mind.
• This asana is a boon for women who suffer pain due to menstrual periods, as it helps in relieving stomach pain.
• Due to the increased blood circulation in brain, it soothes the brain cells, so it greatly help in controlling stress and anxiety.
• This asana slows down the heartbeat, this help the person suffering from high blood pressure.
• People who felt discomfort in shirshasana can initiate their training with uttanasana, this help them in ease and comfort of doing shirshasana.