Issue 4 The Ancient Ayurveda, India's First Business to Business Ayurveda Magazine

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YOGIC PROCEDURE

YOGIC PROCEDURES IN WINTER tips while doing Asanas Body warm up is very important. Start your yoga session by body warm-up exercises like Spot jogging, squatting, Trikonasana, Tadasana etc. In winters body warm-up exercise plays a very good role in comparing with that of other seasons

Winter weather can bring lethargy, cold, tight muscles, and sense of detachment from the world. We must actively create our own warmth and body awareness in winter. In this season, kapha dosha will increase so we can do asana, pranayama, and neti procedure to reduce kapha and will warm up body. So, performing yogic procedure in winter has got with very good benefits. Allotting your valuable time daily for yoga will help you to warm up body, mobilize joints and strengthen the chest. Winter is the season in which bodily disturbances like Cough, cold, joints and chest related problem etc become very common. By doing yogic procedures we can reduce all those complaints to a certain limit. Asthmatic patients feel more problems in winter so we can do breathing exercise also to reduce complaints of asthma. Here are some tips which can be followed while doing Asanas

Before doing any yogic procedures, Body warm up is very important. Start your yoga session by body warm-up exercise like Spot jogging, squatting, Trikonasana, Tadasana etc. In winters body warmup exercise plays a very good role in comparing with that of other seasons. Make a 3 to 5 hours gap between your meal and Yoga Practice. You have to take deep and controlled breathing during Yogic activities. Note that, in winter season, exhale little longer than your inhale time. Keep in mind, when you inhale it represents upwards movement and breathe out is the twist or downwards. Do complete exercise, means if you perform any Asana from your right or left side then also perform the same process with your alternate side of your body. The Ancient Ayurveda | Nov-Dec 2020 | Page 28


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