Yoga Asanas
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Yoga asanas, especially the ones imitating the natural postures of animals, have a tremendous tranquilising effect, without having to depend on common drugs. Pranayama inhibits random agitations in Prank (energy) flows in Pranamayakosa, stabilising the autonomic nervous system. Dhyana and Samadhi culture the mind to relax it. This approach alters the reaction of an individual to a headache. By interrupting the vicious cycle of pain-agony-pain, it prevents a headache from becoming a crippling problem.
Through asanas that calm you, the pranayama exercises that inhibit random energy flows and the meditation that cultivates and relaxes your mind. Yoga offers a holistic-form of pain relief. It stops you from becoming locked in the vicious circle of pain-anxiety-pain. Chronic pain:
Chronic pain essentially is an imbalance in prana (energy). This imbalance initially manifests only as functional abnormalities like insomnia, lack of enthusiasm, fatigue, increased irritability and lack of concentration. Over the years, the imbalance settles in an organ.
Questions
I. Answer briefly:
1. What effects do yoga asanas have on the human body?
2. Which asanas are especially useful?
3. What does pranayama’ inhibit in the body?
4. What does pranayama’ stabilise?
II. Vocabulary:
1.The synonym for the word ‘copying’ is:
(a) similarity (b) imitating
(c) duplicacy (d) redoing
2. ‘Postures’ means:
(a) different directions (b) different poses
(c) different kinds (d) different characteristics
3. ‘The art of breathing’ is called:
(a) yoga (b) pranayama
(c) yoga asanas (d) meditation
4. ‘Unable to sleep’ is called:
(a) insomniac (b) insomnia
(c) waking (d) hibernation
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