12 Feb
Dr Shilpa Desai

Yoga and Hypertension

Yoga Therapy by C4 Integrated Wellness

 

Hypertension is also called “High Blood Pressure” is a serious medical condition. It happens when the force of blood pumping through your arteries is too strong.

When your heart beats, it pushes blood through your arteries to the rest of your body, when the blood pushes harder against the walls of your arteries, your blood pressure goes up. Your blood pressure may be different at different times of the day. It is usually higher when you first wake up, after you exercise or when you are under stress.

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27 Jul
Hetal Trivedi

Parvatasana or Mountain Pose

Parvatasana or the Mountain Pose is a basic asana in yoga. Parvata stands for Mountain while aasana refers to Posture. Just like the name, this aasana gives benefits like a mountain – strong and stable. It helps to stretch the entire upper body muscles. Mountain pose also helps in curing a couple of digestion problems like acidity and indigestion. And it can be performed by everyone except for those suffering from a knee issue.

parvatasana.

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18 Jul
Hetal Trivedi

Halasana (Plow pose)

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Halasana is also known as the Plow pose.
The name comes from the Sanskrit words hala meaning “plough” and asana meaning “posture”.
Halasana, the pose is entered from Sarvangasana (shoulder stand), lowering the back slightly for balance, and moving the arms and legs over the head until the outstretched toes touch the ground and the fingertips, in a preparatory variant of the pose. The arms may then be moved to support the back into a more vertical position, giving a second variant pose. Finally, the arms may be stretched out on the ground away from the feet, giving the final pose in the shape of a traditional plough.

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07 Jul
Hetal Trivedi

Supta Vajrasana

 

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Supta in Sanskrit is ‘reclined’ and Vajra means ‘thunderbolt’. Supta Vajrasana is an advanced level supine variation of Vajrasana. Supine meaning lying on the back. This is an important and very useful asana for improving the digestive system.  Before performing supta vajrasana one should master Vajrasana. Supta Vajrasana offers numerous great benefits, so get on your mat and start practising from today.

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07 Jun
Nisha Yadav

THORACIC BREATHING – INTERCOASTAL BREATHING

The rib cage expands in all directions with inhalation and reverts to its original position with exhalation. Thoracic breathing is a powerful breath technique for healing respiratory ailments.

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HOW TO DO:

  1. Sit or stand comfortably, place the palm of your hands lightly on your ribcage with your fingers pointing inward and your thumb behind. your little fingers should touch the lower ribcage.
  2. Shoulders relaxed, elbows pointing outward.
  3. Start breathing normally and observe the movement of the chest. After a few breaths, begin to deepen, lengthen and extend that movements.
  4. On the inhalation, expand the ribcage sideward filling the lungs completely with air, then on exhalation let the lungs collapse fully.
  5. Keep the abdomen still, moving the only chest while breathing.
  6. You can start with 5-10 rounds and gradually increase the rounds.

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