Bhujangasana(Cobra Pose):How to do it | Bhujangasana Benefit and its precautions-
Bhujangasana(Cobra Pose)
Bhujangasana is derived from two sanskrit word 'Bhujanga' which means 'Cobra' and Asana means 'posture'.Bhujangasana is that asana or pose where the upper trunk of the body raises just like hood of cobra or snake.That's why we say this asana 'Cobra Pose'.Bhujangasana is one of that asana which also used in the sequence or process of Surya Namaskar or Sun salutation poses.It is one from that twelve steps.
To got effective results do this asana in a morning.Make sure that practice this asana with a empty stomach because empty stomach helps us to improves our digestive system.If you wants to improves the flexibility and balance body weight bhujangasana is the best way.Bhujangasana is strenghtens our shoulders muscles and wrist.
How to do it:
- To do this asana,firstly come in the makarasana pose for which you have to lie down on the floor and your stomach and keep your legs with a distance from one another.
- Rest your head and palms and relax your body.
- Now moving to makarasana bring your legs close to one another and stretch your arms in front of you.
- Rest your head on the floor.
- Now,place your arms close to your chest and raise your elbows.
- While taking a deep breathe in raise your chin up and lift your body up from the floor to your navel area.
- Make sure that your your elbows are inline of your body and parallel to each other and stretch your legs in such a way that you do not feel to much pressure on your waist.
- Breathe in and out normally and stay at this posture for fifteen to twenty seconds.
- After fifteen seconds,brings the head down and rest your chin on the ground and return to the starting position.
- This is the one cycle of bhujangasana.
Advanced cobra pose or king cobra pose:
- Firstly lie down on the floor,straight your legs and feet are close each other and your arms are close to your body.
- Now,place your arms close to your chest and raise your elbows and lift the body all the way up.
- Now,dropping your heads backward and trying to open the chest by both shoulders backwards.
- When you are comfortable in this posture,stay and bend your both legs upwards.
- once you bend both legs,keeping your both toes inline,role your shoulders back,expand your chest and try to touch your head to your toes.This is the advanced bhujangasana posture.
Benefits of Cobra Pose or Bhujangasana:
1.It increase the flexibility of our spine.
2.It is helpful to solve the problem of asthma.
3.Bhujangasana relax our mind.
4.It improves our digestive system.
5.It strengthens our shoulders,chest and palms.
6.It improves our blood circulation.
7.It also improves our lungs capacity.
8.It detox our kidney.
9.It is helpful to remove stress.
10.It also control diabetes problem.
11.It solve the thyroid problem.
12.It lose belly fat.
13.It is helpful to balance weight.
14.It strengthens our bones.
Precautions:
- Headache problem person should not practice this asana.
- Shoulders or wrist injury person should avoid it.
- Person with a problem of hernia should avoid this asana.
- Women in pregnency should practice bhujanasana.
- Carpel tunnel syndrome problem person should avoid it.
- Spine or back injury person should not practice this asana.
Tips for beginner's:
In a beginning everyone feel difficulty to do bhujangasana because in starting persons are less flexible.If you are beginner bend back according to your capacity .Don't forced yourself to bend back because it cause a serious in our back.Make sure that do this asana in morning with a empty stomatch because morning time is the best to practice any asana or pose.
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