15 Apr Yoga posture for April

YOGA in APRIL

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Janu Sirshasana; Head to knee yoga posture

Benefits of this forward bend yoga posture

• Calms the brain and helps relieve mild depression.
• Stretches the spine, shoulders, hamstrings, and groins.
• Stimulates the liver and kidneys.
• Improves digestion.
• Helps relieve the symptoms of menopause.
• Relieves anxiety, fatigue, headache, menstrual discomfort.

How to practice

1. Sit in Dandasana (Staff Pose) with your legs extended in front of you. Place your hands next to your buttocks on the floor and lift the bottom of your belly and the sides of your waist.

2. Bend your right knee, placing your right foot against your inner left thigh and your right heel close to your perineum, just below your pubic bone.

3. Slightly rotate the body to the left and then fold forward over your left leg from the left hip crease. Reach with your right arm first and hold your left foot from the inside. Press your left hand into the floor near your left hip and push, lengthening the left waist. Keep twisting your body toward the left, working to bring your bellybutton over the center of your left thigh.

4. Hold your left foot or leg with your left hand from the outside. Bending your elbows away from each other, pull your left foot with your arms, lengthening the sides of your waist. Rest your forehead on your shin. Breathe deeply for 4 or more breaths. Inhaling, lift your head and chest, then release your hands to push the floor away and come out of the pose. Change sides.