yoga asanas for depression
Yoga Asanas for Depression
Yoga Asanas for Depression have been more than effective to alleviate a lot of negative feelings inside people. When people deny their sadness or pain and other emotions, they begin stumbling in a dark void of disorientation called depression, which is one of the most unsettling feelings to deal with.
- Go onto your hands and knees with your palms right in front of your shoulders, stretched elbows, relaxed upper back between the shoulder blades.
- Exhale and lift your knees, stretching your back up from the pelvis, where your arms and back are in a line.
- Stretch your legs in a way that you feel like your hips and legs are being pulled backward, and let your head hang down, relaxed
- When your legs and back are in the right position, stretch your arms out. Now you can feel the stretch in both - your arms and back. Breathe deeply, slowly, and from your stomach. The chest shouldn't hang downward, and your back should be straight. Feel the entire length of your back, stretched. Focus on your breathing and the position, feeling the stretch in every inch.
- Start this pose with Adho Mukha Svanasana.
- Bend your knees, drawing them closer to your arms.
- Support yourself mainly on your hands and hop inward, until your back is straight.
- Swing one leg up and your lower back follows the movement, then the pelvis, and afterwards, move your other leg upward.
- Bring both feet together in the air and find a point to focus, so you can balance.
- Stand with your back straight and both feet together, where both your heels and toes touch.
- Tighten or flex the muscles of your stomach, thigh and buttocks, whilst maintaining a firm posture. Balance your weight evenly on your feet.
- Inhale deeply, and thrust your stomach forward, arching your back, and tilt your head as far back as possible.
- Come back to the original position, and then, jump to put your feet about 4 feet away from each other.
- Raise your arms until they're parallel to the ground.
- Turn your left foot to the left (about 90 degrees), bending your left knee in that direction. Let your hips stay at the same angle (180 degrees). Stay in this position for over 30 seconds.
- Sit down with your knees bent and soles of your feet touching, facing each other.
- Don't bend your back but, sit upright, pressing the outer edges of the feet together.
- Now lean backward slowly so that the elbows, touch the floor at the side of your body.
- Let your back rest on the floor, and stay in that position for several minutes with your eyes shut.
- Lie on the ground, and slowly lift your legs from the floor in such a way that they stand perpendicular to your body.
- Don't bend them in your knees. (This pose can also be done with your legs up against the wall)
- Lie down on the ground, face up.
- Place your arms at the side and a little away from your body, palms turned upward.
- Keep your feet at a distance of about 3 feet from each other.
- Breathe slowly and deeply with your eyes closed and without hanging on to any thought in particular. Observe your thoughts and let them pass. Don't involve yourself too much in them, and relax yourself.