The exercise, known among our compatriots, "birch" - nothing but one of asanas of yoga which carries the name Sarvangasana. It treats to group of the so-called turned asanas and is quite difficult in performance, but the effect is worth it.
What ""birch"" influences
- Because of the turned postural pose there is the powerful inflow of blood to the brain, it is saturated with oxygen.
- There is the stimulation of the thyroid gland that normalizes activity of hormones and strengthens immunity. - Pressure in the small pelvis is normalized that alleviates suffering at hemorrhoids.
- The pose helps to concentrate, take off fatigue, to find harmony of soul and the body.
There is also the opinion that Sarvangasana is especially useful to the women dreaming of the child. The pose of the birch which is allegedly received right after the coition promotes conception. However this fact isn't checked.
As Sarvangasana is carried out
Before carrying out to Sarvagasan, it is necessary to prepare muscles, to warm them. For this purpose before performance it is possible to do several exercises. If the asana is carried out in the complex with other poses of yoga, it is necessary to do it at the end of occupation. Those who performs this exercise recently should take care of reducing unpleasant feelings in the neck. It is better to carry out the asana on the special rug for yoga, or on the dense blanket to reduce possible sensations of pain.
Technology of performance of the pose
The full name of this position sounds as ""the salamba of the sarvangasan 1""
1. To lay down on the back. 2. To bend legs in knees and to bring up them to the breast.3. To raise the basin, supporting the body behind by the hands bent in elbows. Knees at the same time can touch the forehead.4. Without hurrying, without breakthroughs to straighten legs. 5. To watch that legs were perpendicular to the floor, for this purpose to try to cross the basin forward. Hands help to hold the body in the correct position. The main loading has to fall on shoulders, but not on cervical department of the backbone.6. It is possible to be in this pose, the discomfort isn't felt yet. Ideally it is possible to make up to 10 breaths exhalations and to begin the exit.7. To leave the asana, at first it is necessary to bend legs, then to lower the basin, and after to straighten legs in the prone position. The asana at slow pace, even breathing is carried out. There are also more difficult options of the vyplneniye of the sarvangasana: - the salamb of the sarvangasan 2 – hands clean up from the back and are extended parallel to the floor (it is possible to bind fingers in the lock); - the niralamb of the sarvangasan 1 – straight arms are transferred to situation behind the head; - the niralamb of the sarvangasan 2 – hands are located along legs. If there is desire, it is possible to master also these options of the asana. It is better to do it in that sequence in which they are listed, consistently passing from easier pose to the most difficult. It isn't necessary to practice this asana to people with elevated pressure and also those who suffered injuries of cervical department of the backbone.