Yoga to reduce Anxiety

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In this article we will talk about "Yoga to reduce Anxiety ".

Anxiety is a mental health condition which is characterized by felling of worry, stress or fear and this is enough to disturb individual's life.

If your are feeling anxiety for longer that six months or more, or feeling of anxiety are extreme then you may have an anxiety disorder.

Symptoms of Anxiety

Rapid breathing
Increase heart rate
Restlessness
Trouble of concentration
Difficulty falling asleep

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Best yoga to reduce anxiety

1. Head to knee forward pose

- It is seated twisting and forward bending asana

- Calms the mind and reduce the anxiety.

How to do

First sit on the floor comfortably, extend your left foot and press your right foot inside the left thigh. now breath in and raise your arms overhead. now breath out and start bending your lower back toward extended leg. now touch the toe or hold the stretched leg. Hold this position for 30 sec now repeat with the opposite leg.

2. Standing forward bend pose

- It is a Standing forward bend pose.

- It helps to receive stress

How to do

Stand straight and maintain some gap between your legs, relax your knees and gradually bend to forward from waist. allow your arms, head and neck to be a very heavy. now release the tension to your lower back.

now hold this position for one min.

3. Extended triangle pose

- This Asana resembles to the triangle shape. It gives you flexibility and strengthening to the spine and other body parts also.

- It reduce the anxiety and calms the mind

- Improve physical strength

STEPS

a. Stand straight and keep the distance between your legs of 3-4ft.
b. Now turn your feet to 90° and the second one to 15
c. Make the perfect balance.
d. now inhale and gradually exhale and at the same time start bending with the straight waist towards the ground and raise your right hand to upward direction and left hand to downward direction.
e. Now try to stretch the body as much you can do and keep your hand in straight position.
f. As you inhale come up to the normal standing position.
g. Now repeat the same.

4. Tree Pose

-This resembles to the Tree, in this Asana individual has to stand like a tree.

- Improve focus and concentration

STEPS

a. Stand straight comfortably
b. Then lift your left leg and bend from knee and place the foot high up on your right thigh.
c. Start inhale and raise your hand over the head and make a position of Namste by bringing your both the palm together.
d. Stand straight and make a balance
e. And exhale gradually and come to the normal position.
f. Repeat this pose on next leg.

5. Fish Pose

- It is said that if you perform this pose in water, allows the body to float quiet is the like that of a fish.
- Calms the mind

How to do

First lie on your back on the mat keep your foot together and place your hand underneath the hips. Palm facing down. Now bring the elbows closer toward each other. Slowly breath in and lift the head and chest up, keeping the chest elevated, lower your head to the backward and touch crown of the head to the floor. Now put the weight on elbows not on the head, lift your chest up from in between the shoulder blades, press the thighs and legs to the floor and now hold this position as much as you can.