Cobra Pose - ideal for those with asthma and respiratory problems

Cobra Pose (Bhujangasana)

Yoga is known worldwide for being extremely relaxing both mentally and physically. However at time some of the exercises in yoga can be quite strenuous and hard but the rewards they give you at the end bring wonders to your mind and soul.

A similar form of exercise is Bhujangasana (Cobra Pose) which although might be a little tough initially but later when you see drastic results you definitely feel all the effort worth it.

Here Bhujangasana (Cobra Pose) works by toning your abdomen, improving and fixing your blood circulation and which is an effective way of reducing your stress and fatigue.

Furthermore this exercise will open up your shoulders and the back while giving them immense strength along with opening up your chest.

According to famous yoga therapists Bhujangasana (Cobra Pose) is the best and the ideal exercise for people with asthma and other respiratory problems.

How to do the pose

Start off by lying on the floor on your belly with your toes flattened and your forehead lying on the floor.

Make sure that your legs are placed closely together while your feet should be in slight contact with each other.

Now breathe in while slowly lifting your abdomen, chest and head while ensuring that your elbows are parallel and near to the torso. Now you have to move the torso away using your hands’ support.

Here it is to be made sure that an equal amount of pressure is exerted on both your palms otherwise you will lose balance and results will not be as good as expected.

Meanwhile keep inhaling and exhaling and release tension from your shoulders. Now while breathing in and out you have to lower down your abdomen back to the floor.

 

Balasana

Also known as Child's Pose

Rest in Child's Pose, placing your arms above your head and allowing your breath to settle into a natural rhythm. On the next few exhalations, feel your sacrum broaden and your hips relesae into the earth.  

Bhujangasana

Also known as Cobra Pose

Slide forward on your belly, placeing your hand on the ground by the sides of your chest. Keep your elbows bent. Elongate your tailbone toward your heels. Lift your spine up, supporting yourself on your hands or fingertips.


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Yoga, Childs Pose

Step by Step

  Kneel on the floor. Touch your big toes together and sit on your heels, then separate your knees about as wide as your hips.

 Exhale and lay your torso down between your thighs. Broaden your sacrum across the back of your pelvis and narrow your hip points toward the navel, so that they nestle down onto the inner thighs. Lengthen your tailbone away from the back of the pelvis while you lift the base of your skull away from the back of your neck.

 Lay your hands on the floor alongside your torso, palms up, and release the fronts of your shoulders toward the floor. Feel how the weight of the front shoulders pulls the shoulder blades wide across your back.

 Balasana is a resting pose. Stay anywhere from 30 seconds to a few minutes. Beginners can also use Balasana to get a taste of a deep forward bend, where the torso rests on the thighs. Stay in the pose from 1 to 3 minutes. To come up, first lengthen the front torso, and then with an inhalation lift from the tailbone as it presses down and into the pelvis.