Boost Your Energy with Yoga

In our previous article Boost Your Mood, we wrote about various ways to consciously lift your spirit and get you out of a slump. When you’re feeling gloomy or stressed, yoga, as a holistic science, does wonders to alleviate any mental and emotional blockages as well as physical. Here are some classic yoga poses that will help fight fatigue, boost energy and make you feel great.

Here are some yoga poses that will help

Adho Mukha Svanasana or downward facing dog

An excellent stretch that will rejuvenate the body and mind, by stimulating the central nervous system.

• From a position of all fours with your wrists under your shoulders and knees in line with your hips. Curl your toes under and lift your backside towards the ceiling.
• Elongate the spine and straighten the knees, spreading the fingers evenly and pushing down from your forearms.
• Let your head hang and try lowering your shoulder blades and broaden the collarbone. Look at your stomach.
• Pay attention to stretching the thighs and arms but using the abdominal muscles to keep the weight off them look towards your feet making this a resting pose.
• Try lowering your heels to the floor as much as you can.

Uttanasana or forward bend

Maximise your stretch and loosen up tight and tired muscles.

• From a basic standing pose or Tadasana, exhale and hinge forward at the hips towards the ground.
• Allow the head to hang, and place your palms flat on the floor near the feet.
• As you breathe in this position, with each exhale release a little more fully into the forward bend.

Virabhadrasana or Warrior II Pose

Named after a fierce warrior, this powerful pose will strengthen the body and improve mental capacity.

• Starting with your legs wides apart arms stretched out, turn your right foot to the right, keeping your hips and arm facing straight ahead.
• Start bending the right knee till your thigh is parallel to the floor.
• Keeping the shoulders directly inline with the hips, look over your right hand, reaching out with the fingertips of both hands.

Pavanamuktasana or wind relieving pose

This pose eliminates gas trapped inside the large intestine, aiding digestion and circulation.

• Inhale and raise one or both your legs so they are perpendicular to the torso.
• Bend the leg or legs in the knees keeping them together with toes touching.
• Keep the belly pressed with the thighs and clasp the folded legs with both your hands.
• Now bending the neck, raise the head and fix the chin between the knees.

Balasana or Childs pose

Many will admit to doing the child’s pose when they’re in a funk. It’s what I call a nourishing pose, almost foetal in nature that relaxes the body and regulates blood circulation.

• Kneel on the floor bringing your knees to hips width.
• Lean forward, bringing the torso to rest on the thighs and keep the forehead to the floor.
• Arms may be stretched forward in front of the head or backwards towards the feet.

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