So let us begin the way to do the gomukh yoga asana.
Meaning of Gomukh asan:
Gomukh means cow's face in sanskrit as well as in hindi , and asana means posture or pose.
This asana let me tell you all something that i kind of do it as its one of the good stretching exercises in learning advance cum intermediate asanas.
So let us dig in directly into this
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Way to do it : Gomukhasana
1. simply sit down first then stretch your legs as a warm up posture.
2. Now bend your right leg towards your buttocks and the other one leg over the other in such a way that both the legs overlaps each other.
3. Next step bring both the hands backwards that is at the back and interlock each hand .
4. Do keep your spine stretched and in a stretched straight manner.
5. And breathe in ujyayi deep breath and then relax .
6. Now use the right foot below and left foot above repeat all the 5 steps .
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Way to perform Ujyayi breathing
This type of breathing is a very effective one as one can use it to increase their stamina if they are doing physical exercises such as running, skipping, jogging, cycling.
So how to do Ujyayi breathing well simply breathe in and out via nose with the lips or the mouth closed.
Benefits of Gomukhasana
1. Well Gomukhasana helps in curing the sciatica also a greatest stress reliever yoga asana
2. Gomukhasana also helps in toning the lower part of the body.
3. This yoga asana is also a chest opener with which ones breathing can also be enhanched
4. Gomukhasana also incrases the strength of our back
5. Also gomukh yoga pose is a stretching exercise which stretches the legs muscles, thighs, shoulders, arms, biceps, triceps.
6. this asana also helps in releiving the shoulder pain.
7. Gomukhasana also helps in aligning the seating position.
8. This yoga asan also helps in releiving bloating, constipation.
9. Also usefull for those who sit for too may hours in a day.
10. People who want a good body balance cum co-ordinatin can do this asana.
11. Gomukh asana also helps proper kidney functioning , prevents type-2 diabeties too.
How long to be in gomukhasana
Well this is an easy one one can stay in this pose around 25 to 30 seconds . You can increase the duratin if you want to practice more.
Precaution for Gomukhasana
1. People who are suffering from piles, heavy neck, shoulder pains avoid
2. Pregnant womens avoid
3. people who have wrist, knee, elbow injuries must avoid this cow face asana.
4. people with any kind lower pelvic region problems should avoid this asana
Pro tip:
So yeah many people in reality except for few who can interlock their hands while doing this yoga pose. But most of them at the begining might feel difficulty in interlocking hands vertically to each other.
But don't worry in yoga learning phase do try to interlock as much as possible and try to remain in erected spine position as practice of this yoga asana increases it will automatically reach .
Precaution:
Do the yoga
practices always after consulting the doctor and also from a yoga instructor as
many have different body conditions and other compilations .
So do a
consultation with your doctor before doing
any complicated, advance or intermediate move in yoga exercise.
Conclusion :
So guys how was this article do mention it in the
comment portion, gomukhasana or the cow pose is very helpful to
increase flexibility cum stress buster yoga asana.
But if you get not practicing regularly it may become an
difficult posture and your knees might suffer the pain so keep practicing.
Do share among your friends and others to spread
the knowledge . Do Learn yoga more interesting and elaborated topics are on
the way so yeah Also be healthy and
learn yoga.
