Female disorders - Part 1
But this kind of pain is unnecessary. Yoga can and does help. Practice, at least twice a day throughout the month, the Sarvan-gasana or Shoulderstand described in chapter four, or if you're unable to do this, try lying down with your feet very much higher than your head. The chief function of this inverted posture in the battle against period pains lies in the reversal of the affect of gravity upon the internal organs. The fluids of the body tend naturally to flow downwards and even the skeleton is liable to downward displacement by the pull of gravity. The downward drag, though it may be held in check by a healthy and active body, is nevertheless always present in some degree. There is a greater pronness in women than in men to suffer from varicose veins and prolapse of the viscera, this being due to the wider pelvis and larger number of abdominal organs. By inverting the body and holding it in poised stillness, all downward pressure is relieved. Practice the Shoulderstand over a period of time and you will soon commence to notice a lessening of the intensity of your discomfort each month, until after a time it will cease altogether to be a problem. Though a certain degree of slowing down of activity on the first two days of a period is advisable, there need not be any undue resting. Incidentally the Shoulderstand is especially recommended for women after childbirth after a convenient period of recuperation has elapsed, but in all cases do not prolong the posture beyond the point of absolute comfort. No Yoga exercises should be performed during pregnancy or menstruation except the breathing ones, which can be done with impunity. An especially valuable exercise for women suffering from ovarian and uterine illnesses is the BHUJANGASANA, called in English the COBRA POSE. AS it belongs to the fundamental group of vital Yoga asanas it should never be omitted from any practice schedule, no matter what the ailment from which you're suffering. It is not at all hard and can be performed by beginners in all age groups. Cobra Pose Lie face downwards on your mat with your chin on the ground, and your legs straight and feet together. Place your palms on the floor at shoulder level keeping your elbows high off the ground. Inhale slowly and deeply and at the same time slowly raise your head, shoulders, chest and upper abdomen, leaving the lower part of your abdomen on the floor. Keep arching your spine as you complete your inhalation, and remain thus for as long as you comfortably can without exhaling. You will feel a strong pressure in the lower part of your back as you push your head back as far as you can. And bear in mind to keep your elbows bent and well off the floor. I have demonstrated the correct position in figure 43, page 133. When the impulse to exhale appears, do so and at the same time steadily lower your body until you're once more touching the floor with your chin. Without pausing, inhale again and repeat the movement and after the second performance of the Cobra relax before you repeat the exercise a third and fourth time. The Cobra has a lot benefits and is as convenient for men as for women for it affects the adrenal glands which lie above each kidney, and the backward bend of the Cobra sends them a richer supply of blood and subjects them to a healthy pressure. The Cobra is also beneficial to people suffering from backache, displaced vertebrae, and poor circulation. A word of warning though. You may not be used to exercising and your spine may be stiffer than you think so do please be careful while bending backwards in this exercise. Be certainly not to jerk your body as you raise it off the ground as you can easily injure a rigid muscle and the pain could last some time. Remember that the Cobra is a beautiful and graceful exercise. As you leave the floor come up slowly and majestically like a rising cobra and under no circumstances must you force yourself to hold the position longer than you find comfortable. Gradually increase the time you hold it until you could remain immobile in the Cobra pose for ten seconds. When you're limbered up you could perform this asana up to six periods a day. While the Cobra is particularly helpful to women suffering from dysmenorrhcea, amenorrhcea, leucorrhcea, and several other utero-overine troubles, the overall advantages can be greatly increased by those students able to increase the backward bend. Do not perform the variation until you're able to do the Cobra I have just described with ideal ease and comfort. Cobra Variation 2. From the first position, rise into the Cobra with the elbows bent and the spine arched. Slowly straighten the elbows, push the head back as far as you can, so that the bending of the spine involves the sacral to the cervical region. Remain thus for as long as you comfortably can without strain and then relax. When you could perform variation 2 you can, if you wish, omit variation 1 from your practice schedule. Variation 3. There is yet a third variation of the lovely Cobra Pose for advanced students but it can be achieved by beginners who are athletic or who have been trained in ballet. From variation 2, with elbows straight, bend the spine backwards still farther, steadily bring your toes towards your head to touch the back of your head. This tones the deep and the superficial muscles of the back, and also relieves backache, helping to keep the spine young and supple. And now to return to another inverted posture to rest the internal organs. For my readers who find the Shoulderstand just a little too strenuous but who need the advantages of this valuable posture, there is a slightly easier posture which has the delightful name of VIPARITA-KARANI MUDRA, meaning literally reverse effect. For short we will call it THE REVERSE POSE. The radiations which we receive from the earth are negative while those from the cosmos are positive. Thus, when in the ordinary standing position we receive the negative radiation via the soles of our feet and the positive radiation via the top of the skull. In the Yoga poses in which the body is turned upside down, viz. Shoulderstand, Headstand, and Reverse Pose, the effect is just the opposite. Additionally these postures bring an unaccustomed rich supply of blood to the lower intestinal organs. |
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