Yoga For Nervous System:
Read on and find out what asanas help stimulate and enhance the nervous system!
1. Child’s Pose (Balasana):
This pose has many benefits. It helps ease digestive processes, reenergizes the body and stimulates the nervous system.
2. Plow Pose (Halasana):
This pose does look excruciatingly difficult. However, it helps clear sinusitis and stimulates the nervous system.
3. Seated Spinal Twist Pose (Ardha Matsyendrāsana):
This is one of the best yoga asanas for nervous system that helps clear the body of toxins, strengthens the immune system and helps stimulate the nervous system.
4. Anuloma-Viloma (Alternate Nostril Breathing):
This is another effective pranayama to help clear blocked nose and congestion in the chest. This pose is quite good for the nervous system. The Anuloma and Viloma help purify the blood and have many other health benefits. Five minutes of practicing this pose leaves you feeling fresh and rejuvenated.
5. Down Dog Pose (Adho Mukha Svanasana):
This asana has many benefits. It stimulates WBC production and helps purge the body of toxins. Adho Mukha Svanasana also helps stimulate the nervous system.
6. Dirgha Shwasan (Deep Breathing):
This is a type of Pranayama, which concentrates on using your life force or energy to cleanse the body of toxins and ailments. This exercise helps stimulate neurons and improves oxygenation of blood. Dirgha shwasan also helps improve breathing and increase stamina (5). Check out how to perform this exercise in this video.
7. Reclining Bound Angle Pose (Supta Baddha Kona Asana):
This asana has many health benefits and is especially good for stimulating the central nervous system. Get into Baddha Kona Asana or the Bound Angle Pose. If you suffer from back problems, you can take support by using a raised surface or line up a couple of padded footstools. Check out how to perform Supta Baddha Kona Asana on this video.
8. Upside-Down Seal Pose (Viparita Karani Asana):
This asana helps stretch the back, tones the legs and stimulates the neurons. This asana is good for the nervous and the immune systems. It purges toxins from the body.
9. Corpse Pose (Savasana):
The corpse pose, or Savasana is a pose designed to help you recover all the energy you burnt.
10. Happy Child’s Pose (Ananda Balasana):
The Happy Child’s Pose or the Ananda Balasana is another variation of the Balasana. Just like its cousin, Balasana helps ease digestive processes, reenergizes the body and stimulates the nervous system. However, it is unlike its cousin in form. Check out how to perform the asana in the video. How does yin yoga affect the nervous system? Yin yoga is believed to tap the parasympathetic nervous system, which helps lower the heart rate and blood pressure levels. It may also relax your muscles and release endorphins. Can your nervous system repair itself? No. Due to the brain’s and spinal cord’s complexity, it is tough for the nervous system to repair itself. How do you know if your nervous system is damaged? You may experience numbness, weakness, tingling, inability to move a limb or the body, blurred vision, loss of speech, etc.
