Realistic Application Of Learning Yoga And Cancer Treatment
Yoga has a regenerating effect that is both physical and mental.It care for your body, mind and spirit resulting to a positive outlook in life. Yoga allows you to focus inwardly and encourage relaxation, making our body bendable and relaxed. It prevents the feeling of tiredness during cancer treatment. Below are a few yoga exercises that you can try at home that will help you relax. However, if you are a beginner, going to a yoga class will be a good idea.
Pose to help you relieve stress
Salutation seal (Anjali mudra)
Benefits
Physically it creates flexible arms, wrists hands and fingers. Mentally it reduces stress by calming the mind. The effect of physically completing the circuit between the arms and the heart harmonize the two sides of the brain.
Inhale as you bring your palms and the rest of your thumbs on the breast bone while pressing with equal pressure. Be sure that both of your hands are exerting equal pressure. If you are right handed, you right hand is stronger so be sure that it is not pushing harder than your left hand.
Bow the head very slightly and then press towards the thumbs to lift the sternum, and at the same time let the elbows droop as if very heavy. Hold for a few minutes, when starting try and hold for five minutes. This exercise is often used to start a meditation class as it increases your state of awareness.
The Downward Facing Dog or Adho Mukha Svanasana
Benefits: Soothes back pain while strengthening it.
The downward facing dog has lots of uses during yoga. It is used in changing position and is also a resting pose. The objective of this exercise is to have the body in the inverted v position while feet and the hands are on the floor. Spread your palms, put your toes under. Exhale while lifting your knees away from the floor with the heels lifting from the floor and the knees slightly bent.Engage the quadriceps to take the weight off your arms, to form a resting pose
Exhale and push your top thighs backwards and stretch your heels towards the floor and rest them on the floor, without taking a step forward, then straighten the knees. You may not be able to reach the floor at first it may take practice and time for the muscles to lengthen. Roll the upper thighs slightly inwards and also narrow the front of the pelvic girdle and firm and roll the upper thighs. Keep this position for three minutes.
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