Vajrasana Health Benefits

Vajrasana pose is a simple sitting yoga pose. Its name comes from the Sanskrit word vajra, which means thunderbolt or diamond. For this pose, you kneel and then sit back on your legs to take the weight off your knees. Yoga is not just an exercise, but a science. Now scientists have started accepting this thing as well. Yoga is a complete lifestyle, which can play an important role in changing your whole life. Yoga believes in learning from nature. So everything that is in nature. Actually yoga is a part of science. Vajrasana is one such posture of yoga science. This asana can organize the scattered energy in the body.

Procedure – (How to do the Vajrasana pose)

Anyone can get into the Vajrasana pose in six simple steps:

1. Start by kneeling on the floor. Consider using a yoga mat for comfort.
2. Pull your knees and ankles together and point your feet in line with your legs. The bottoms of your feet should face upward with your big toes touching.
3. Exhale as you sit back on your legs. Your buttocks will rest on your heels and your thighs will rest on your calves.
4. Put your hands on your thighs and adjust your pelvis slightly backward and forward until you’re comfortable.
5. Breathe in and out slowly as you position yourself to sit up straight by straightening your spine. Use your head to pull your body upward and press your tailbone toward the floor.
6. Straighten your head to gaze forward with your chin parallel to the floor. Position your hands palms down on your thighs with your arms relaxed.

How to make the Vajrasana pose more comfortable:

1. If you find the Vajrasana pose uncomfortable, ask your yoga instructor to make sure that you’re doing it correctly. Some techniques you can use to ease discomfort include:
2. For ankle pain, consider putting a folded blanket or other uniform padding under your shins. Position the blanket so your toes hang off the back.
3. For knee pain, consider placing a rolled or folded blanket or towel across your calves and tucking it behind your knees.
4. For sitting discomfort, place a yoga block between your feet horizontally. By supporting some of your weight, this can take pressure off ankles and knees.

Best time for practice Vajrasana:

In Vajrasana the body becomes upright and straight with no effort. Slow and rhythmic breathing in this position can help you go into the meditative state very easily. Vajrasana can perform during yoga practice daily. This is the only asana you can do immediately after meal, ideally you should do this asana everyday for 10 minutes after lunch or dinner.

Vajrasana Precautions And Side Effects:

1. One must keep in mind these Vajrasana precautions to get the most of the posture.
2. The person who makes the Vajrasana pose should not be in the rush.
3. Those who have trouble with the spinal cord, especially on the lower vertebrae, they should not be vigilant.
4. If a hernia, intestinal ulcers and other diseases of small and large intestines suffer from it, please practice Vajrasana training under expert guidance and advice.
5. Give the strength of the back muscles to grow slowly, and then increase the duration of this posture.
6. The person who has bones problem should not do this posture.
7. If you start feeling dizzy, back pain starts, acne began to get hurt; knees or any other body of the body started doing more pain, then immediately stop the practice of this posture and go to the doctor.
8. Persons with excessive weight should be looked after by Vajrasana Yoga expert so that they can get immediate assistance if there is some disturbance.
9. Pregnant women should stay away from this Vajrasana pose.

Vajrasana Benefits:

• aiding in digestion
• relieving or preventing constipation
• strengthening pelvic muscles
• helping keep the mind calm and stable
• curing digestive acidity and gas formation
• helping to relieve knee pain
• strengthening thigh muscles
• helping to relieve back pain
• helping in treatment of urinary problems
• increasing blood circulation to the lower abdominal region
• helping to reduce obesity
• helping reduce menstrual cramps

Dr. Sujata Panda, PhD in Yoga, DNYS, N.D., Gold medallist, Founder of Su-Ham Foundation Owner of Viroga Virtual Clinic