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Gomukh Asana / Cow Head Pose

One Asana that has the potential to help cervical, diabetic, blood pressure and obese patients is Gomukh Asana (Gomukh means head of a cow). This also promotes flexibility to the joints and checks the loss of prana from the body.

Duration 30 seconds to 1 minute
Procedure
  • Sit in Sit with legs stretched straight.
    • viparitakarniasana
  • Fold the right leg at the base of left hip and left leg over the right thigh.
  • Point both the feet sideways like the ears of cow.
  • Keep the knees over each other like the jaws of cow.
  • Make sure you sit on both the hips. Now stretch the right hand up overhead close to ear and fold it back.
  • Take the left hand from down folding it at your back trying to catch hold of hand to hand.
  • Look up over head and stay, breathing normally.
  • Repeat the same on the other side to complete one cycle of this Asana.
Benefits
Body
  • Strengthens & tones the muscles of the body especially thighs, buttocks, calves, arms, spine & shoulders.
  • Massages the abdominal organs & tones up the reproductive organs.
MindInduces mental peace by stimulating the blood circulation to the brain & activating the nervous system.
Pranic
  • Checks the loss of prana.
  • Relieves the blockage of prana from the pelvic & pectoral girdles i.e. shoulders & hips region.
  • Energizes the solar plexus or Manipur chakra.
  • Regulates the Samaan & Vyayan Vaayu.
ContraindicationFrozen hip & shoulder.
Helps InWaste of semen, dyspepsia, indigestion, white discharge, lumbago, insomnia, cardiac trouble, asthma, dysentery, cervical & obesity.

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