Vajrasana "Diamond Pose" With Intrinsic Mind Wellness
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Combining Heart and Back
Simply by just sitting on the legs in Vajrasana has many benefits, but adding and combining movement can be so stimulating.
Here we open the scapula (shoulder blades), by interlacing the fingers and drawing the shoulders forward. This has a wonderful effect on the breath through the back body. Increasing flow of blood to the central nervous system as you open every vertebra by rounding and stretching forward.
Like Cat / Cow pose, this is what we are basically doing from Vajrasana when we combine day 2 and 3 together.
While Cow Tilt and Cat Stretch may look “easy,” it is a powerful pose for the mind. The breath synchronized movement increases coordination, fosters intentional focus, and invigorates prana (the vital life force in the body). Furthermore, it is associated with increased emotional balance and stability of the mind. Lastly, lengthening the spine improves circulation to the discs between the vertebrae, which in turn relieves stress from the back and calms the mind.
Benefits Of Vajrasana
These are a few amazing benefits of the Vajrasana.
Contraindications
Here we open the scapula (shoulder blades), by interlacing the fingers and drawing the shoulders forward. This has a wonderful effect on the breath through the back body. Increasing flow of blood to the central nervous system as you open every vertebra by rounding and stretching forward.
Like Cat / Cow pose, this is what we are basically doing from Vajrasana when we combine day 2 and 3 together.
While Cow Tilt and Cat Stretch may look “easy,” it is a powerful pose for the mind. The breath synchronized movement increases coordination, fosters intentional focus, and invigorates prana (the vital life force in the body). Furthermore, it is associated with increased emotional balance and stability of the mind. Lastly, lengthening the spine improves circulation to the discs between the vertebrae, which in turn relieves stress from the back and calms the mind.
Benefits Of Vajrasana
These are a few amazing benefits of the Vajrasana.
- This asana improves digestion and with regular practice, it eliminates constipation.
- Better digestion prevents ulcers and acidity.
- This asana strengthens the back and relieves patients suffering from lower back problems and sciatica.
- This asana strengthens the pelvic muscles too.
- It helps to ease out labor pains and also reduces menstrual cramps.
- This asana is one of the best ones to assume when you wish to go into a meditative state since it is an upright pose.
Contraindications
- You suffer from severe knee pain.
- You have had a recent surgery on your waist or legs.
- You are in your last trimester of pregnancy.
Better Health and Wellness With Vajrasana
Yoga is one of the best ways to soothe, relax and uplift the trinity of body, mind and soul. It is a holistic approach to attain the silencing of mind, muting the business of thoughts and to fix all possible imbalances present in body. Yoga heals inside out; it is one of the most inexpensive and easiest ways to stay fit physically as well as mentally. One of the best things about practising yoga is that it comes easy. It is a mix of breathing exercises and simple poses that first work on you getting used to it and once you have started enjoying it, it takes you higher, enabling you to try out more advanced intense poses for greater flexibility and strength.
Exactly, one of the reasons why this age-old science is rapidly catching up with the West is because it doesn't feel like the agony of the gym. It uses your own body against you to challenge and strengthen it, I (Leisa) personally gave up weights when I started yoga using my own body weight to gain strength . What's more surprising is that sometimes you don't even have to do a thing. Simply lying on your back with hands and legs wide apart makes a yoga asana - shavasana. Talking of easy postures, today we shall talk about an asana that looks extremely stress-free yet does a great deal for the body - Vajrasana.
1. Improves Digestive Health:
Vajrasana alters the blood flow in the lower pelvic region. The blood flow to the legs is reduced and the blood flow to the digestive organs is increased. This increases the efficiency of the digestive system and helps those with weak digestion to digest a meal easily. Regular practice strengthens the digestive system and keeps acidity, indigestion, bloating, constipation at bay.
2. Better blood circulation:
Vajrasana helps better blood circulation in the body. It modifies the blood flow by reducing the blood flow in lower portion, especially in the legs and increasing blood flow to the upper parts of the body including digestive organs, heart, lungs and brain.
3. Makes lower body flexible:
It strengthens the sexual organs, tones lower body muscles (hips, thighs, calves), cures joint pains, urinary problems, etc.
4. Helps in weight loss:
Losing weight becomes possible with regular practice of Vajrasana. You will see reduction in your belly fat after a few weeks of regular practice of Vajrasana.
5. Helps meditation:
In Vajrasana the body becomes upright and straight with no effort. Slow and rhythmic breathing in this position can help you go into the meditative state very easily.
Exactly, one of the reasons why this age-old science is rapidly catching up with the West is because it doesn't feel like the agony of the gym. It uses your own body against you to challenge and strengthen it, I (Leisa) personally gave up weights when I started yoga using my own body weight to gain strength . What's more surprising is that sometimes you don't even have to do a thing. Simply lying on your back with hands and legs wide apart makes a yoga asana - shavasana. Talking of easy postures, today we shall talk about an asana that looks extremely stress-free yet does a great deal for the body - Vajrasana.
1. Improves Digestive Health:
Vajrasana alters the blood flow in the lower pelvic region. The blood flow to the legs is reduced and the blood flow to the digestive organs is increased. This increases the efficiency of the digestive system and helps those with weak digestion to digest a meal easily. Regular practice strengthens the digestive system and keeps acidity, indigestion, bloating, constipation at bay.
2. Better blood circulation:
Vajrasana helps better blood circulation in the body. It modifies the blood flow by reducing the blood flow in lower portion, especially in the legs and increasing blood flow to the upper parts of the body including digestive organs, heart, lungs and brain.
3. Makes lower body flexible:
It strengthens the sexual organs, tones lower body muscles (hips, thighs, calves), cures joint pains, urinary problems, etc.
4. Helps in weight loss:
Losing weight becomes possible with regular practice of Vajrasana. You will see reduction in your belly fat after a few weeks of regular practice of Vajrasana.
5. Helps meditation:
In Vajrasana the body becomes upright and straight with no effort. Slow and rhythmic breathing in this position can help you go into the meditative state very easily.
Today's Quiz
QUIZ: ARE YOU READY FOR CHANGE?
Although we have all lived with outworn ideas about the body, the momentum of change has been gathering. The old model shows many signs of breaking down. Have you been part of this change? The following quiz examines how receptive you are to personal change. Anyone can be more open, but it's good to have a starting point before the journey begins.
Answer the following questions YES or NO.
YES ___ NO ___ I believe that the mind influences the body.
YES ___ NO ___ I know people who have had amazing recoveries from illness.
YES ___ NO ___ When physical symptoms appear, I seek alternative treatment.
YES ___ NO ___ Hands-on healing is a real phenomenon.
YES ___ NO ___ People can make themselves sick without a physical cause.
YES ___ NO ___ I don't have to see healing to believe it exists.
YES ___ NO ___ Traditional medicine knows things that scientific medicine hasn't discovered yet.
YES ___ NO ___ I can alter my genes by how I think.
YES ___ NO ___ Human lifespan isn't determined by genes.
YES ___ NO ___ They will probably not discover a single gene for aging.
YES ___ NO ___ I have the ability to influence whether I get cancer.
YES ___ NO ___ My body responds to my emotions - when they change, so does my body.
YES ___ NO ___ Aging contains a major mental component. Your mind can determine whether you age quicker or slower.
YES ___ NO ___ I am generally happy with my body.
YES ___ NO ___ I don't feel my body is going to betray me.
YES ___ NO ___ I pay attention to hygiene, but germs aren't a major issue with me.
YES ___ NO ___ I have healed myself at least once.
YES ___ NO ___ I've had at least one experience with Eastern medicine (acupuncture, Qi Gong, Ayurveda, Reiki, etc.)
YES ___ NO ___ I've used herbal remedies that were effective.
YES ___ NO ___ I've used meditation or other stress-reduction techniques.
YES ___ NO ___ Prayer has the power to heal.
YES ___ NO ___ Miraculous cures are possible and legitimate.
YES ___ NO ___ My body has a good chance of being as healthy ten years from now as it is today.
YES ___ NO ___ Even though the average old person takes seven prescription drugs, I foresee turning seventy on no drugs at all.
TOTAL YES ____
Evaluating your score:
0 - 10 Yes Answers: You accept the conventional notion that the body is basically fixed, either by genes or mechanical processes of decay and aging. You expect to ear out over time as you age. Your optimism about alternative medicine is distinctly limited and may be totally overshadowed by skepticism. You would never rely on healers and look upon so-called miraculous cures as either fraud or self-deception. On one hand, you trust medical science and expect doctors to take care of you. On the other hand, you don't pay much attention to your body and feel fatalistic about things that can go wrong with it. Given the possibility of a major breakthrough, you feel cautious about making any major changes in your life.
11 - 20 Yes Answers: Your experience has caused you to shift away from the conventional wisdom about the body. You are open to change and have broadened your ideas about healing. Either you or your friends have gone to some form of alternative treatment with success, and you are no longer completely accepting that mainstream medicine is the only answer. Yet the claims of hands-on-healing probably make you skeptical. In general, you haven't found a way of understanding the body that's more satisfying than the Western scientific model, yet you are well aware that unconventional approaches can be valid. You are attracted to the possibility of making a major change in your life, although you haven't decided which alternative is right for you.
21 - 25 Yes answers: You have made a conscious effort to shift away from the old paradigm. For you, alternative therapies are firmly accepted and believed in. You seek conventional treatment only after you've tried holistic medicine, and even then, you are wary of drugs and surgery. Your view of the body is likely to be tied to a spiritual journey that you take quite seriously. You identify with other seekers of higher consciousness. You firmly believe in hands-on healing. You question whether any form of materialism can really plumb the deeper mysteries of life.
You have embraced personal transformation as a major goal in your life and want to change as rapidly as possible.
Quiz By Deeprak Chopra
Although we have all lived with outworn ideas about the body, the momentum of change has been gathering. The old model shows many signs of breaking down. Have you been part of this change? The following quiz examines how receptive you are to personal change. Anyone can be more open, but it's good to have a starting point before the journey begins.
Answer the following questions YES or NO.
YES ___ NO ___ I believe that the mind influences the body.
YES ___ NO ___ I know people who have had amazing recoveries from illness.
YES ___ NO ___ When physical symptoms appear, I seek alternative treatment.
YES ___ NO ___ Hands-on healing is a real phenomenon.
YES ___ NO ___ People can make themselves sick without a physical cause.
YES ___ NO ___ I don't have to see healing to believe it exists.
YES ___ NO ___ Traditional medicine knows things that scientific medicine hasn't discovered yet.
YES ___ NO ___ I can alter my genes by how I think.
YES ___ NO ___ Human lifespan isn't determined by genes.
YES ___ NO ___ They will probably not discover a single gene for aging.
YES ___ NO ___ I have the ability to influence whether I get cancer.
YES ___ NO ___ My body responds to my emotions - when they change, so does my body.
YES ___ NO ___ Aging contains a major mental component. Your mind can determine whether you age quicker or slower.
YES ___ NO ___ I am generally happy with my body.
YES ___ NO ___ I don't feel my body is going to betray me.
YES ___ NO ___ I pay attention to hygiene, but germs aren't a major issue with me.
YES ___ NO ___ I have healed myself at least once.
YES ___ NO ___ I've had at least one experience with Eastern medicine (acupuncture, Qi Gong, Ayurveda, Reiki, etc.)
YES ___ NO ___ I've used herbal remedies that were effective.
YES ___ NO ___ I've used meditation or other stress-reduction techniques.
YES ___ NO ___ Prayer has the power to heal.
YES ___ NO ___ Miraculous cures are possible and legitimate.
YES ___ NO ___ My body has a good chance of being as healthy ten years from now as it is today.
YES ___ NO ___ Even though the average old person takes seven prescription drugs, I foresee turning seventy on no drugs at all.
TOTAL YES ____
Evaluating your score:
0 - 10 Yes Answers: You accept the conventional notion that the body is basically fixed, either by genes or mechanical processes of decay and aging. You expect to ear out over time as you age. Your optimism about alternative medicine is distinctly limited and may be totally overshadowed by skepticism. You would never rely on healers and look upon so-called miraculous cures as either fraud or self-deception. On one hand, you trust medical science and expect doctors to take care of you. On the other hand, you don't pay much attention to your body and feel fatalistic about things that can go wrong with it. Given the possibility of a major breakthrough, you feel cautious about making any major changes in your life.
11 - 20 Yes Answers: Your experience has caused you to shift away from the conventional wisdom about the body. You are open to change and have broadened your ideas about healing. Either you or your friends have gone to some form of alternative treatment with success, and you are no longer completely accepting that mainstream medicine is the only answer. Yet the claims of hands-on-healing probably make you skeptical. In general, you haven't found a way of understanding the body that's more satisfying than the Western scientific model, yet you are well aware that unconventional approaches can be valid. You are attracted to the possibility of making a major change in your life, although you haven't decided which alternative is right for you.
21 - 25 Yes answers: You have made a conscious effort to shift away from the old paradigm. For you, alternative therapies are firmly accepted and believed in. You seek conventional treatment only after you've tried holistic medicine, and even then, you are wary of drugs and surgery. Your view of the body is likely to be tied to a spiritual journey that you take quite seriously. You identify with other seekers of higher consciousness. You firmly believe in hands-on healing. You question whether any form of materialism can really plumb the deeper mysteries of life.
You have embraced personal transformation as a major goal in your life and want to change as rapidly as possible.
Quiz By Deeprak Chopra
