Health Matters

Matsyasana or The Fish Pose
This asana is also called as the destroyer of disease.

How to do it:-

1. Sit in Padmasana or lotus posture.

2. Take hold of feet.

3. Lower head and shoulders backwards to ground. Be very careful to avoid any jerk while you lower your head and shoulders.

4. Catch hold of the toes with your index fingers and place the elbows on the ground.

5. While returning to original position, release the toes and taking the help of your hands straighten your head and with the help of your elbow, come back to Padmasana or the Lotus Pose.

Benefits:-

Remember:- This asana should be practiced after Sarvangasana for one third of the time of sarvangasana to realize the full benefits of sarvangasana.

Benefits:-

1. This asana is said to be best for constipation and it forces the faecal materials down the rectum. Also, it helps in most of the disease of the stomach.

2. It stretches the spine and is also good for increasing height in children.

Precautions:- Do not bend your neck backwars with a jerk.

This asana makes the waist and stomach healthy. And, this asans is also helpful in increasing height by pressurizing the pituitary gland. Again, however, heights can increase only upto certain age and the upper limit of that age has been set as 25.

How to do it:-

1. Stand staight and erect with your hands besides your thighs.

2. Inhale and extend your arms and then bend forward.

3. Try to touch your knees with your nose.

4. Remain in the position for 10-20 seconds in the beginning and try to increase it over period.
Benifits:-

1. Good for waist and abdomen.

2. Increases the flow of blood in brain.

3. Helps increase height.

Warning:- Children suffering from backaches should not practice it.