Shava Asana: For Mind, Body and Spirit

Ever since the evolution of Ayurveda (Ancient Indian Medical Practices) and Yoga the researchers and masters of body sciences have described Prana Urja as most essential element of our life cycle. A lot of research has been done and methods have been developed to regularise and stabilize body organs so that they can have proper influx of Prana Urja and no doubt Yoga in whole is a system of those developed methods.

 According to Vedas (Books of Knowledge) by balancing Prana Urja in our Body we can relieve the imbalances of our body thus can be free from diseases. Today we know Parana Urja as Cosmic Energy or Yin-Yang and many new methods have also been evolved over the years but nothing beats yoga in its game. An imbalance in our body is caused by improper eating habits, Air quality of environment and use of pesticides and last but not least passive lifestyle. When the body loses its natural equilibrium, it affects the flow of Prana Urja through the Major & Minor Chakras (glands), Energy Meridians and Channels.  Insufficient Flow of energy   of reducing the flexibility of the body and stops flowing quite so smoothly and result in as Discomfort, Numbness, Stiffness in the body.

Prana Urja helps restoring the free flow of that energy in the Chakras, meridian, organs and Nadis and to maintain the balance of cosmic energy in the body.  To restore Prana Urja in every part of our body; Yoga has an Asana to offer. This asana is very simple and quite relaxing for; Mind, Body and the Spirit. This asana is called Shav Asana and it allows you to clear the haze of your Mind and Perspective which in order sets you right for the hours or even days.

In the previous articles we have discussed about ‘Yoga for Life’ the series of the seven Asanas which are beneficial to everyone and are easy to learn and perform even for children and elderly. In upcoming articles we are going to start a new series of four asana ‘Youvan Tatva Ke Sadhan’ (postures for youth). These Asanas help in retaining youth and rejuvenate and slow down aging process of the body. Before going ahead with the new series we must set our body right with the help of Shav-Asana as the more relaxed your Mind, Body and Spirit will the more benefit you will be able to draw from the Asanas further in series.

Shav Asana

This Asana is of Utmost Importance in Yoga and is best to Revitalize or Settle down the changes after doing the Asanas. It relieves the stress and whip up refreshment. It is suggested to do shav-asana every time after you complete the practices.

Procedure to follow

• Lie on the ground. Be calm and be perspective and be conscious on your body and mind.

• Relaxed and keeping eyes closed.

• Keep your Palms open in upwards direction and spread the legs a little apart.

• Lose your body and be still.

• Feel the gravitation and let it be happen and ground yourself as of feeling that body is sinking in to the ground. You could feel the each and every organ of the body just of starting from toe to head.

• Feel that all of the part of the body has no life.

• Breathe through the nose nicely but be conscious.

• Last step is that to completely forget the body and be conscious upon your breathe only.

• Breathe naturally. Breathe should be ‘Deep and Slow’.

• Do it for some minutes. Regain you conscious.