
GOMUKHASAN
Gomukhasan is a Cow face posture which is basically a seated yoga posture in hatha yoga .
Steps
1- Sit on the mat with your straight back and legs should be extended .
2- Bend your right leg and place it under the left buttock and simultaneously your left knee should be placed Over the right knee .
3- Raise your left arm above your head and bend the elbow towards the back . The same time right arm should be kept behind the back and both the arms should be interlocked at the back .
4- Breathe normally and stay in the asana as long as you are comfortable.
5- while exhaling, come out of the Asana .
6- Same procedure should be done with the opposite leg and arm.
Precautions
1- Your body has certain limits. Hence, you should not go beyond the limit as it might cause spinal injury .
2- People with overweight should not over strain the body beyond their limits .
Benefits
1- It elongates the spine and softens the stiff shoulder muscles .
2- This posture brings the calmness and reduces the stress and anxiety.
3- Good for maintaining the blood pressure issue .
4- Good for Sciatica .
5- Bad posture can be corrected with this asana .
Contraindications
1- People having shoulder injury or shoulder pain should completely avoid this posture .
2- Avoid if you have Damaged muscles or ligaments issue .
3- Don’t do this posture of you are suffering from the bleeding piles as it might exaggerate the problem .
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