Matsyasana (Fish Pose) Benefits, How to Do & Contraindications by Yogi Sandeep

Transcript

Namastey! My name is Sandeep. Today, we are going to learn Fish Pose Or
Matsyasana. It’s a backward bend chest opener asana
and a beginner can practice this. This asana anatomically affects the chest,
the abs, the belly, the neck, the spine and also the hip flexors. This particular asana allows the stretch,
the hip flexors, the psoas muscles and also the muscles between the rip cages also called
is intercostal muscles. It’s strengthened and stimulates the organs
inside the abdomen and the throat area. It also stretches the upper back and the neck
region beautifully. Those who have insomnia, those who have higher/lower
blood pressure, those who have migraine, those who have injury in the lower back or the neck
region should avoid this practice. It is said traditionally that when you practice
this asana, this asana can help you destroy all the diseases. So friends, let's watch this asana. This asana can be done in a lotus pose also
or with a straight leg. Lot of time, when people do it in a lotus
pose, they find a lot of strength. So we will make it simple when we do it with
a straight leg position, so lying on the back. After lying on the back, what we do is, we
bring the palms on the floor and underneath the buttock. This allows the chest area to lift easily
because we are going to use of the support of the elbows and the forearms. So legs are little active, thighs are little
active, quads are engaged, knee caps is used. Now, slowly press the elbows down on the floor
or what you can use. You can press the elbows down and lift it
up, so that you can watch your toes and then slowly roll the head behind and bring the
crown of the head on the floor, if possible. No matter if you don’t reach here, even
if you reach anywhere here or maybe on the crown that is fine. Just hold it with ease and the weight is actually
not much coming on the head. It is actually the elbows, which is taking
the weight. Maybe on the later on the weight come on the
head region. But in the beginning, it should only come
on the elbow. The elbow is only supporting to hold you with
the final position. So, lifting the head, shoulder up watching
the toes, lifting bringing the crown of the head behind, opening the chest, dropping the
shoulders, allowing the shoulder blades to squeeze down. Hold this position. Breathe this position. Genitally come down. When you do this it is very important to allow
the muscles of the chest to open with ease, and to breathe softly and genitally into it. And now when you come back, you can also lift
up and watch your toes to come back. The way we went, in the same way we come back. So we went with using the elbows watching
the toe and when we went to come back we use the elbow, we look at the toes and slowly
come down. This particular asana friends, is very good
for thyroid. They said that when the thyroid goes off because
of hyper or hypo, it creates lots of imbalance in the body. So this asana will affect this particular
area thyroid very beautifully. If you want after the practice, you can move
the head, chin a little forward upward so that you can counter balance the movement
you did in the fish pose. Friends, if you like my video, hit the like
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