Benefits of Gomukhasana: Winter season is going on, it is very important to be conscious about health in this season. With the changing weather, problems to physical and mental health arise. If you include yoga in your daily life. Doing yoga provides internal benefits to health. One of these yogasanas is Gomukhasana. Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga has declared this asana beneficial.

Doing these yoga exercises provides relief from major problems. Apart from this, regular practice of this Gomukhasana improves the flexibility of shoulders, chest, spine and legs. This asana can be helpful for people suffering from stress and depression.

Know the way to do Gomukhasana

The method of doing Gomukhasana, one of the yoga asanas, is very easy.

• First of all, sit straight on the floor and sit in Dandasana posture with both legs extended forward.
• Keep the spine completely straight.
• Now bend the left leg and place its heel near the right hip.
• Then bend the right leg and place its heel near the left hip, in this way the right knee will come just above the left knee.
• Now take the right hand from above the shoulder behind the back and the left hand from below the waist behind the back and interlace the fingers of both the hands.
• Pull the hands towards each other as comfortably as possible. Keep your eyes forward, keep your spine straight and take normal deep breaths.
• Wait in this position for 20-25 seconds. Doing a few minutes daily brings flexibility in shoulders, chest and waist.

Asana to relieve stiffness of shoulders and back

If you do yoga as per the mentioned method then the stiffness in shoulders and back gets removed from your body. Apart from this, by doing this asana the lungs open completely. Diabetes patients get the most benefit from this yoga asana. By doing this asana it stimulates the pancreas. It also provides relief from stress, anxiety and insomnia. The practice of Gomukhasana is also very beneficial for women. This asana provides relief from problems occurring during periods.

Remember this advice while doing yoga

It is very important to remember this advice while doing yoga. If you do Gomukhasana correctly then they get its benefits. Yoga experts advise that if the hands are not able to reach the back in the beginning, then the help of handkerchief or bandage can be taken. People with serious shoulder or knee injuries must consult a doctor or yoga instructor.

According to IANS