paschimottanasana

How To Do Paschimottanasana

• Sit up with the legs stretched out straight in front of you on the floor.
• Keep the spine erect and toes flexed towards you.
• Bring your respiration to normal.
• Breathing in, slowly raise your both the arms straight above your head and stretch up.
• Slowly breathe out and bend forward from the hip joint, chin moving toward the toes keeping the spine erect.
• Place your hands on your legs, wherever they reach, without putting much effort.
• If possible hold of your toes and pull on them to help you go forward.
• Stay in this position as long as possible.
• After the exertion limit reached inhale and raise up stretching up your arms straight above your head.
• Breathe out and bring your arms down placing the palms on the ground.
• Relax for a while and try to feel the changes occurred in the body.

Benefits of Paschimottanasana

• While practicing this Paschimottanasana the intestines, gall bladder are smoothly pressed and stimulates well.
• The soul energy of the body will be strengthening by spinal cord, spinal nerves are pulled during the time of asana.
• It prevents diabetes. It increases the fertility factor of male removes the infertility.
• Stomach pain, headache, piles, hip pain, back pain and body weakness are cured by doing this asana.
• The menstrual problem will be cured for the ladies. Hip bones will become strengthen.
• For women can do this asana before marriage can give birth from normal delivery by strengthening their bones and inner reproductive organs.
• This asana helps to increase the concentration capacity.

Precautions 

• People who suffer from slipped disc or sciatica should not practice this asana or those who have had recent abdominal surgery.