Postures and Benefits

HALF-MOON POSE WITH HANDS TO FEET POSE

• Warms up the entire spine, helps fight fatigue
• Strengthens abdominal muscles, corrects bad posture
• Releases frozen shoulders, stretches hamstrings and hips
• Aids in recovery of slipped or ruptured discs
• Helps cure indigestion, constipation and bronchial problems; good for diabetes
• Helps tennis elbow, good for the liver, spleen and kidney

AWKWARD POSE

• Relieves sciatica, arthritis, rheumatism and gout in the legs
• Cures slipped disc and lumbago in the lower spine
• Firms all muscles of the thighs, calves and hips
• Creates traction in the spine, improves strength in the weight-bearing joints
• Increases blood circulation in the knee and ankle joints; helps with neuropathy

EAGLE POSE

• Improves flexibility of the hips, knees and ankle joints
• Relieves tension in the neck and shoulders
• Supplies fresh blood to the kidneys
• Releases and generates energy in the male and female reproductive organs
• Improves sexual vitality and control; helps prostate problems

STANDING HEAD TO KNEE POSE

• Improves flexibility of the sciatic nerve
• Strengthens the tendons and biceps of the thigh muscles and hamstrings
• Reduction of diabetic conditions
• Increases bloodflow in the heart and circulatory system
• Flushes cholesterol from the arteries, improves arrhythmia and blood pressure
• Relieves flatulence and nervousness; improves memory and helps with acidity

STANDING BOW PULLING POSE

• Fresh blood is brought to all internal organs and glands; stimulating the nervous system
• Increases circulation to the heart and lungs; increases elasticity and size of lungs
• Revitalizes the endocrine system (adrenals, pancreas, thyroid and gonads)
• Improves flexibility of the spine and helps with lower back pain
• Helps high blood pressure and chronic heart conditions
• Regulates menstrual cycle; stretches the sciatic nerve
• Creates marriage between strength and balance; enhances the equilibrium and improved balance throughout the body

BALANCING STICK POSE

• The most cardiovascular pose in the series
• Increases blood flow all over the body at the same time
• Keeps the stomach trim; strengthens the legs and shoulders; corrects bad posture
• Clears blockages of the arteries for prevention of cardiac disease, strengthening the heart muscle
• Helps high blood pressure,tennis elbow and vericose veins

STANDING SEPARATE LEG STRETCHING POSE

• Helps relieve depression, loss of memory and constipation
• Increases circulation to the brain and adrenal glands
• Regulates thyroxin hormone production in the thyroid gland; flushes the pituitary, hypothalamus and thymus glands
• Improves flexibility of hips, ankles and last five vertebrae of the spine; cures and prevents sciatica pain
• Helps functioning of the internal abdominal organs (especially large and small intestines)

TRIANGLE POSE

• The whole body is effected; muscles, nerves, veins, cells, glands and tissues
• Improves chemical imbalances in the system; cleanses the lymph nodes, the visceral system and the mammary glands
• Helps with menstrual disorders and fights against obesity
• Good for hip and back pain; strengthens muscles in the abdomen and obliques
• Improves the immune system and the circulatory system
• Compresses the pancreas, kidneys, thyroid, parathyroid and thymus glands
• Helps cure rheumatism and lumbago in the lower spine as well as scoliosis

STANDING SEPARATE LEG HEAD TO KNEE POSE

• Helps maintain good blood sugar levels
• Massages the pancreas, liver, gall-bladder, spleen, intestines, gonads, urinary bladder and kidneys
• Marriage between the pineal and thyroid glands; improving the metabolism
• Helps hyperacidity, diabetes, constipation, dyspepsia and hemorrhoids
• Helps with colds, sinus problems, migraines and the entire immune system
• Benefits the muscular, skeletal, endocrine, digestive and reproductive systems
• Opens hips and lower spine; strengthens the abdomen
• Improves blood circulation; improves memory; helps manic depression
• Stretches, tones and decongests the spinal column and nervous system

TREE POSE

• Creates hip and knee mobility
• Excellent for posture and balance
• Releases abdominal tension while improving core strength
• Aids in rheumatism and circulatory disorders
• Helps prevent hernia and neuralgic pain

TOE STAND POSE

• Creates balance in body and mind
• Strengthens stomach muscles
• Helps to cure gout, rheumatism and arthritis in the knees, ankles and feet
• Strengthens weak joints; helps cure hemorrhoid problems
• Helps cure neuropathy or diabetic neuropathy
• Improves mental concentration

SAVASANA – DEAD BODY POSE

• Returns the body to its normal circulatory state
• Helps reduce hypertension, nervousness, anxiety and irritability
• Improves high blood pressure, manic depression and insomnia

WIND REMOVING POSE

• Prevents flatulence; relieves lower back pain, angina pain, constipation, emphysema and anorexia
• Abdominal pressure on ascending, descending and transverse colon
• Regulates hydrochloric acid in the stomach; cures most chronic abdominal discomforts (including IBS)
• Flushes out bacteria from the body, boosting the immune system, preventing and easing the symptoms of colds, flu, etc.
• Stretches tight hips and improves alignment in the hips and spine
• Stimulates the liver, spleen, small and large intestines
• Good for the prostate gland, the urinary bladder, urinary tract and reproductive organs
• Clears coronary arteries; good for arteries and veins of the arms and legs

SIT-UP

• Strengthens and tightens the abdomen
• Releases toxins from the lungs and improves vitality
• Good against acidity, flatulence, constipation, dysentery and IBS

COBRA POSE

• Increases spinal strength and flexibility
• Helps prevent lower backache; cures lumbago, rheumatism, slipped discs, kyphosis, scoliosis and arthritis of the spine
• Improves the functioning of the liver, spleen and adrenals
• Stretches the thyroid, flushes the kidneys, regulates blood pressure and diabetes
• Fights vertigo, dizziness and loss of appetite
• Improves poor posture and digestion; decongests the nervous system; helps relieve headaches and migraines
• Relieves menstrual problems and flushes reproductive organs

LOCUST POSE

• Cures gout, slipped discs, sciatica and tennis elbow
• Excellent for firming buttocks and hips
• Improves carpal tunnel syndrome, tennis elbow and arthritis in the upper body
• Cures back pain and spinal problems such as gout, slipped discs, scoliosis, kyphosis, lumbral spondylosis and sciatica
• Recharges the nervous system, clears cholesterol in veins and fights vericose veins
• Regulates the blood pressure, strengthens the immune system and revitalizes the thyroid
• Helps with depression

FULL LOCUST POSE

• Compresses and stretches the thymus and thyroid glands; helping with emotional release and fighting depression
• Improves and prevents conditions of arthritis in the spine
• Strengthens the circulatory system; opens the chest; massages internal organs
• Creates core strength; stretches and compresses the middle back
• Helpful for phlebitis thrombosis, varicose veins and helps to alleviate back pain
• Prevents and cures slipped discs and herniated discs

BOW POSE

• Works entire spine – strengthens and improves flexibility of the lumbar, thoracic and cervical spine
• Straightens rounded spines, helping scoliosis, relieving back pain and scoliosis
• Improves spinal nerves by increasing circulation to the spine
• Holds vertebrae in position
• Improves functioning of small and large intestines; improving digestion
• Improves the liver, kidneys and spleen
• Opens the rib cage; improves cardiovascular and pulmonary systems; increases lung capacity and fighting bronchitis
• Stretches shoulders, elbows and wrists; improves hand strength

FIXED FIRM POSE

• Works entire spine – strengthens and improves flexibility of the lumbar, thoracic and cervical spine
• Straightens rounded spines, helping scoliosis, relieving back pain and scoliosis
• Improves spinal nerves by increasing circulation to the spine
• Holds vertebrae in position
• Improves functioning of small and large intestines; improving digestion
• Improves the liver, kidneys and spleen
• Opens the rib cage; improves cardiovascular and pulmonary systems; increases lung capacity and fighting bronchitis
• Stretches shoulders, elbows and wrists; improves hand strength
• Provides maximum relaxation; helping with stress, anemia, anxiety and sleep disorders
• Cures indigestion, constipation, IBS and flatulence
• Increases blood flow to the brain; bringing mental clarity and good memory
• Boosts the endocrine system; regulating hormones and prolonging the effects of MS and Parkinsons disease
• Helps cure diabetes, massages internal organs, lungs, heart and coronary arteries
• Stretches the spine; helps to prevent herniations
• Good against Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, anorexia, emphysema and asthma

CAMEL POSE

• Opens the chest; strengthens the muscles of the back and shoulders
• Produces maximum compression of the spine; relieving backaches, herniated discs; helping Kyphoscoliosis
• Regulates hormones, cervical spondylosis, bronchial spasms and high blood pressure
• Brings fresh blood to the kidneys; eliminates toxins from the body; improves memory and mental clarity
• Cures vertigo and dizziness; is good for osteoporosis, diabetes, constipation and fermentative dyspepsia
• Posture opens your body to encourage the release of trapped emotions
• Stimulates the central nervous system, parathyroid and thyroid glands; improves flexibility of the neck and spine
• Trims the waist-line by stretching the abdomen and fat cell storage

RABBIT POSE

• Helps maintain mobility and elasticity of the spine and back muscles
• Nurtures the nervous system and regulates hormones
• Brings blood to the brain; regulates the thalamus and hypothalamus
• Stretches the entire spine from top to bottom, also improves neck and shoulder flexibility
• Keeps the chest cavity flexible; improving bone density and balance
• Helps cure depression, diabetes, colds, sinus problems, throat diseases, headaches and insomnia
• Stimulates all glands and organs, fighting emphysema, stimulating the larynx, improving digestion, circulation and memory

HEAD TO KNEE POSE WITH STRETCHING POSE

• Increases flexibility of the shoulder muscles, hamstrings, hip joints and the lumbar spine
• Stretches sciatic nerve; helps with allergies and arthritis
• Increases circulation to the kidneys, liver, spleen, pancreas, lymphatic system, thyroid, thymus and intestines
• Works on conditions of chronic obesity and eating disorders by balancing the metabolic rate and balancing blood sugar levels
• Excellent posture for cancer prevention, bacterial and viral infections
• Relieves constipation and chronic diarrhea; helps to cure IBS

SPINE TWISTING POSE

• The only posture that twists the spine from top to bottom at the same time
• Helps prevent slipped discs, scoliosis, arthritis, lumbago, kyphosis, myalgia, cervical spondylosis and rheumatism
• Increases circulation and nutrition to the spinal nerves, veins and tissues
• Relieves back pain, lethargy, releases tension, helps cure vertigo and dizziness
• Maintains youth by improving flexibility of the spine and by relaxing the central nervous and autonomic nervous systems
• Massages kidneys, liver, gall-bladder, spleen and pancreas
• Fights diabetes and improves digestion

BLOWING IN FIRM POSE

• Improves oxygenation to the body
• Rids the body of toxins; strengthens the nervous system
• Massages and increases circulation to the abdominal organs and muscles
• Energizes and revitalizes the body; strengthens the abdomen
• Helps bring mental clarity and alertness; improves digestion
• Good for emphysema and other respiratory ailments
• Regulates high blood pressure and heals anemia