Janma Gurung

Yoga
12/05/2015

PIGEON POSE

Doing Yoga is very healthy for our health and there are lot of benefits
from it. For example, it improves our flexibility, helps our muscles to get

strength, protects our spine, healthier bone, increase blow flow, helps to
focus more and etc. There are lot more benefits that we get from doing
yoga. For me it helps to concentrate on my studies, and I also have
hypertension, which means I will be having high blood pressure in the future
if I dont start working on controlling my pressure. Doing yoga is a perfect
way to control my pressure. When I meditate, it helps me calm down and
ever since I have been doing yoga, my blood pressure has dropped.
Whenever I have to give a public speech I get really nervous. I cant even say
a single word so in order to calm me down I take a deep breath. Taking a
deep breath in and out is also part of yoga.
I usually have a bad lower back pain. From my yoga class I have learn
some of the poses to heal my back pain. Such as Supine Hamstring Stretch,
Two-knee Twist, Sphinx, Pigeon, Thread the needle, and legs up the wall.
Over all this I like the Pigeon pose and legs up the wall. When I start working
on the Pigeon pose, it was really hard for me to bring the knee from behind
and squaring hips toward the ground. I couldnt bend all the way and
straighten my leg at the same time. Then my yoga teacher came to me
individually and put the pillow underneath my leg and said it will be easier
for me to do the Pigeon pose. And yes, she was right. It did help me a lot
from the pain. I started practicing at home also. It relaxes my body and help
my back. My sister also have the same problem like I do since she is always
watching movie or reading putting her back on the wall. So I taught her to do
the Pigeon pose. Now we both we Pigeon pose, thread the needle and twoknee twist. I also dont have to put pillow now. I can just do it without putting
pillow.
Before taking this yoga class I didnt knew there were yoga poses to
heal the back pain. Now I am loving it. I notice that its not even that hard to
do it and it has so much benefit. It has really helped me on healing my back
pain. As I have been working on the poses again and again, I am getting
better at it.

Pigeon pose: For me the benefits of doing pigeon poses are:

Prevent getting back damage.

Helps stretch the muscles.
Increase range of motion.
Relieve tension and stress.
Opens the hip joint.
Extends the groin and psoas.
Less lower back pain and stiffness.
Release negative feelings.

Meditation:

Keeps our brain free from stress.

Reduces ageing.
It helps to feel more connected to people.
Makes you happier.
Improves functioning of the brain
Helps to have a good night sleep. Especially it helps me because it is
really hard for me to go to sleep and mediation helps me fall asleep
fast.
Improves metabolism
Helps fight diseases.
Increase the ability to focus.