Nithya Yoga for You
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Yoga is one of the most suitable practices to stabilize Virgo’s mind. Yoga postures should be done slowly and consciously. Virgos should be physical in their practice. Also, developing devotion towards the divine will help the native to pacify and bring serenity to his life. Sūrya Namaskār (the ancient Sun salutation), can be practiced by all natives!
Sarvāngāsana and Halāsana
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Instructions:
To blissfully enjoy the benefits of any āsanas, make sure your body is warmed up, the spine loosened up and stretched out before entering the postures.
● Start the posture by lying on your back.
● Bend you knees with feet on the floor.
● Place your hands at your lower back.
● On an inhale, use momentum to swing your legs upward above your head with your knees bent.
● With the knees still bent, your shoulder blades closer together, bring the elbows closer.
● Straighten your legs up into the air. Have the feet flexed or toes slightly pointed.
● Continue to support your back with your hands.
● Look up toward your feet and breathe here for 6 to 12 breaths.
Halāsana
- On the final exhale in shoulder stand, keeping your legs straight, lower your feet to the floor behind the back of your head.
- Continue to support your lower back with your hands.
- Breathe here for 6 to 12 times.
- After the last inhale, exhale and slowly roll your back onto the floor, bending the knees halfway and allow the legs to be on the mat.
Benefits:
These two postures work on stretching your shoulders and spine, and relax the region of the thyroid gland. Headaches are very much related to tightness in the shoulder region. This tightness does not allow the blood to flow freely in the head, causing fatigue and lack of mental clarity. By relaxing the whole spine and neck, one gains instant relaxation and well-being, and therefore an ease to express oneself.