Yoga can Easily relief from you constipation -

Easy relief from constipation - Qatar Tribune - First with the news and whats behind it

Easy relief from constipation

Inappropriate work hours, less time for rest and intake of too much junk food harms our body in a way we fail to notice. A diet low on fresh fruits and green leafy vegetables, especially food low on fibre, causes constipation. Less intake of water is another reason. Yoga can help reduce stress, which greatly affects digestion. Yoga also helps to aid the digestive system, and helps to relieve gas, cramping, and bloating. When practising yoga, we become more in tune with our bodies. Knowing how your body works and how it feels is a key to recognising whether or not you have digestive issues such as constipation. Infrequent bowel movement leads to straining and bloating of the stomach and if not taken care of soon, in time can lead to hazardous diseases. The best way to prevent is to incorporate yoga in our daily routine. It increases the flow of blood and oxygen into the system. The blood flow and energy to your digestive system and its many muscles will help to keep your bowels moving more freely through the intestines and, if you are more relaxed, then less likely to strain or cause unwanted tension in the bowels. Since most yoga postures involve pelvic movement, yoga practice can really help relieve our constipation woes. Here are some postures which, if practised regularly, can set infrequent bowel movements to normal: especially twists, forward folds, and inversions. Hit your mat and try these two simple yoga poses that can be done in the comfort of your own house preferably on an empty stomach or if you had food two hours earlier. Wind moving pose STEP 1: Lie flat on your back and keep the legs straight and relaxed. Breathe deeply and rhythmically. STEP 2: Inhale slowly and lift the legs and bend at the knees. Bring upwards to the chest till your thigh touches the stomach. Hug your knees in place and lock your fingers. STEP 3: Try to touch the knee with the tip of your nose. This is not easy the first time. But with regular practise, you can do this. Hold this position for 20 to 30 seconds. You can extend it to a minute as per your capability. Now exhale slowly and come back to lie straight. Half Spinal Twist STEP 1: Kneel and sit on your feet with your heels pointing outward. STEP 2: Then sit to the right of your feet, as illustrated. STEP 3: Lift your left leg over your right, placing the foot against the outside of the right knee. Bring your right heel as close to your buttocks as possible. Keep the spine erect. STEP 4: Stretch your arms out to the sides at shoulder level, and twist around to the left. STEP 5: Now bring the right arm down on the outside of the left knee and hold your left foot with your right hand, placing your left hand on the floor behind you. As you exhale, twist as far possible to the left. Look over the left shoulder. Stay for 30 seconds. Repeat the same the other side too. Do 3 to 6 rounds

Yoga helps keep you fit for football

Want to play football? Practise yoga to keep yourself fit - Qatar Tribune - First with the news and whats behind it

Want to play football? Practise yoga to keep yourself fit

Yoga is extremely beneficial to all sports, football included. Various breathing techniques help expand lung capacity, which improves the overall stamina, preventing injuries and MUSCLE CRAMPS. Yoga actually helps tune the player to focus on the game, handling pressure, restoring energy, will power, and confidence, because it trains the mind as much as it trains the body. Many people have the misconception that yoga is only for certain people. But that is not true. Whatever your favourite sport is, you can continue to practice that, and spend a few minutes on yoga. It will raise your performance level. As Qatar looks forward to bigger football events in the future, I thought this article will be insightful for people who love football. Tight hamstrings are perhaps one of the biggest worries for a player. Also, when you need to unleash your kick, you need a very good follow-through of the leg (flexibility) to go with extremely toned thighs (strength). Watch David Beckham or Ronaldinho take a free-kick to appreciate the need for flexibility, balance and strength! There are a lot of postures that can help you attain these, but here, I will show three basic moves which you can practise. A player's performance always depends on the efficiency of the body and mind. Nowhere is this more evident than in the sport of football. These postures, if practised regularly, will go a long way in achieving and maintaining that synergy. Downward-Facing Dog (Adho Mukha Svanasana) \u9679? Lie full length on the floor on the stomach. Face downwards and rest the palms by the side of chest, the fingers straight and pointing in the direction of the head. \u9679? With an exhalation, raise the body from the waist. Keep the arms straight and move the head inwards towards the feet, trying to keep the crown of the head as close to the floor as possible. If you can't, just do as much as your body allows you to. \u9679? Keep both legs straight and don't bend the knees. Try to keep the heels and soles on the floor and feel the stretch in both legs and shoulders. \u9679? While holding the pose, breathe slowly for 10 to 30 seconds. \u9679? Once you finish, lower the whole body with an exhalation. \u9679? Do 3 to 5 rounds Cobra Pose (Bhujangasana) \u9679? Lie full length on the floor on the stomach. Keep the face downwards and rest the palms by the side of chest. Keep the elbows on either side of the body, with the fingers straight and pointing in the direction of the head. \u9679? With an inhalation, lift the chin, head and chest up. Try to arch and lift the entire torso up till the navel. If you have better flexibility, you can arch more without giving pressure to the lower back. \u9679? While in the pose, breathe slowly. Maintain the position for 10 to 30 seconds \u9679? With exhalation, lower the chin, head and chest back to the floor \u9679? Can do 3 to 5 rounds Triangle pose(Trikonasana) \u9679? Stand erect with the feet more than shoulder-width apart. Turn the right foot to the right side. \u9679? Inhale and stretch the arms sideways and raise them to shoulder level, so that they are in one straight line. \u9679? While exhaling, bend to the right. Take care not to bring the body forward and keep the hips and knees straight. \u9679? Place the right palm comfortably on the right foot, or if you can keep the full palm on the floor, you can attempt that as well. \u9679? Do the same sequence with your left side (right and left together is one round. You can do 5 to 8 rounds).

Yoga for digestion

Two simple ways to improve digestion - Qatar Tribune - First with the news and whats behind it

Two simple ways to improve digestion

The root cause of most diseases is inefficient digestion. If you have a healthy digestive system, it yields radiance to the body. That brings us to yoga, many poses of which are designed to help cleanse the body and soothe specific internal organs. Ancient yogis concluded that the body's organs, especially the digestive system, could benefit from being compressed, twisted and massaged from the outside. While most modern yoga classes focus on the muscular and skeletal aspects of poses, the postures were designed with a specific internal organ or system in mind - not necessarily as a focus on the muscles and bones, as we think of it today. There are many yoga poses which can help to improve digestion. But from all those, I am picking the two main but simple ones, which are easy even for a beginner. The spinal twist will aid digestion by making it easier for food to move through the intestine. Meanwhile, the cobra pose helps stretch the abdominal muscles, stimulates circulation, improves digestion and relieves constipation. Spinal twist * Sit on the ground with your right leg bent. * Cross your left leg over the right and rest the sole of the left foot on the outside of your right knee. * Support the left hand behind you on the ground and the right hand outside the left knee. * Twist your body to the left as far as is comfortable * Remain in that position for 10 seconds as you inhale and exhale freely. Repeat the pose on your right side. Continue 4 to 6 times Cobra * Lie on your stomach with your arms bent, elbows close to the body, palms down in front of the shoulders. * Inhale and raise your head, neck and back as you straighten your arms. You can bend your head back or look straight ahead. * Stay in that position for 10 seconds, and then lower yourself to the ground as you exhale. * Continue 4 to 6 times.

Yoga for back pain

Say bye-bye to back pain - Qatar Tribune - First with the news and whats behind it

Say bye-bye to back pain

Vishnu Prasad doha IN today's times, back pain is the second most common cause of long-term sickness after stress. The most common causes of back pain are strained muscles or ligaments, wear and tear, bad posture and stress. Sitting badly in front of a computer for hours on end is looking for trouble. The body can tolerate being in one position for only a short period of time, before it starts demanding a change of position. Sitting over a keyboard for hours can contribute to tightness in the hips and legs, in addition to the neck, shoulder, resulting in back pain and discomfort. Yoga helps increase strength in very specific muscles and muscle groups. Holding positions in yoga are not intended to be uncomfortable. However, it does require concentration and specific use of muscles throughout the body. Muscle strength improves by remaining in yogic positions and incorporating various movements. Many of the postures in yoga gently strengthen the muscles in the back, as well as the abdominal muscles. Back and abdominal muscles are complementary and essential components of the muscular network of the spine. They help the body to maintain an upright posture and movement. When these muscles are well-conditioned, back pain can be greatly reduced or avoided. Here I will show a few simple yogic postures which give strength, stretch and relax the back, which reduces tension in stress-carrying muscles. Hold those gentle poses anywhere from 10 to 30 seconds in the beginning and gradually you can increase the time. Within the pose, certain muscles relax, while others stretch, promoting relaxation and flexibility in muscles and joints. Also, these postures will help in body alignment. The yoga poses are meant to train the body to be healthy and supple. Regular practise and application will result in improved posture, and an increased sense of balance, with head, shoulders and pelvis in proper alignment. Additionally, unlike many other forms of exercise, yoga helps stretch and strengthens both sides of the body equally.

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How yoga poses may affect your body’s natural detoxification process is simple to understand once we can come to an idea as to what is involved in the detox process itself first.  There are several processes and organ systems that your body uses to detox on a daily basis.  These systems were designed or created in your body to help you filter out what your body needs for nourishment and growth and eliminate the toxins and unnecessary waste products
There are three main systems of the body that play a crucial role in the elimination of wastes — circulatory, digestive and lymph. The circulatory system pumps blood throughout the body, delivering oxygen to and carrying waste products away from cells. The digestive system processes the food we eat, separating nutrients from waste and eliminating anything the body doesn’t need. And the lymphatic system collects intracellular fluid from throughout the body and transports it to the lymph nodes where anything harmful (such as bacteria or other contaminants) can be removed before the lymphatic fluid is returned to the bloodstream.
It’s a robust system that works well on its own. But in order to help your body keep up with the heavy demands our stressful lives and nutrient-poor modern diet place on these systems, the trick is to give your body an assist so it can perform its natural detoxing function