Better Life with Steem | My Thoughts Today | 27/05/201 | Yoga for a Healthy Life - Legs up the Wall Pose

In a long time I have not put up anything on Yoga. I have just been lazy to click pictures, so it's kind of pushed off. We all know how Yoga is important for our physical body and it's benefits.
A regular practice of Yoga will allow the mind and body to relax and with that help reduce our stress and anxiety levels also. As it is said Yoga means Union, a union of body and mind.

Let me talk about this particular pose which is the Legs up the wall pose. It's a very simple one and it does not give much strain to the body. It has a lot of benefits. Specially after my surgery of bulging disc, this one posture has helped me lot to regain my lost muscle strength in the legs.

Being in this position for 20 minutes daily is advisable. Well there are a many benefits that you can look up to online for it, but the ones that I have clearly seen with me I will mention here.

The most important has been the muscle relaxation of the legs. I had a severe sciatica around 3 years ago and that had weakened my full left leg muscles to a great extent, and I would get regular cramps at night in sleep in my left leg. Over a period of time with this particular pose it has helped me a lot in strengthening the muscles and also the cramping has gone.

It helps relax my lower back. I had a surgery in my L5 and S1, and doctor had told me that there was bulging also in L4 and L5, which he did not want to touch and he asked me to manage it with exercise. Thankfully after that I have not had any problem and the lost strength of my lower back and legs both are back.

I do this daily for 20 minutes in the evening after my walk and then post that giving a gap of around half hour have my dinner. And I have noticed a good change in my digestion system as well. Even my stomach bulging stays in control.

This pose is also very good for people suffering from the problem of varicose veins. It's a pose that is good for the nervous system. For females who have issues in their menstrual cycle, this pose helps to regulate. The cramping problem eases with it.

But again, nothing happens overnight, so one needs to have patience to start seeing the results, but for sure it does give.

To start with, you need to lie down comfortable and push your hips towards the wall till the time your hips touch the wall. Everyone has different ways of taking the legs up, for me this is comfortable. I fold my legs and get it close touching the wall

And then slowly take them up. I find this easier, else it is uncomfortable for me to directly put up the legs.

And then stay here for 20 minutes.

If you are feeling very anxious or stressed out or have had a heavy workout which makes your legs feels very tired, try this pose out, I assure, you will feel better. The first 2 to 3 minutes you will feel the pull but gradually the leg will get comfortable. I always feel very relaxed after doing this.

Hope you find this useful.

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