How to do Pavanmuktasana, Its Benefits & Precautions

What is Pavanmuktasana

Pavanmuktasana In Sanskrit “Pavan” means air, “mukta” means release or free. Pavanmuktasana balances the wind in whole body.

Also Know as: Wind-freeing Posture, Wind releaving Pose, Knee Squeeze Posture, Pavan or Pawan Mukt Asan, Pavana or Pavana Mukta Asana, Pawanmuktasana

How to start this Asana

• Lie on your back.
• Hug your knees into your chest, while you keep your head, neck and shoulders relaxed and on the floor.
• Breathe normal.
• Focus: Close your eyes or gaze beyond your knees and relax your back muscles.
• Hold the posture for as long as it feels good.
• Practice this posture after backbends to release the muscles.

How to end this Asana

• While inhaling release both the legs.
• One must rest before repeating the exercise.

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Benefits of Pavanmuktasana

According to research, this Asana is helpful as per below^(YR/1)

1. This posture releases the muscles of the lower back and relaxes the body.
2. This-asana regulates wind in the body.
3. It relieves constipation and indigestion.
4. It reduces obesity and excessive fat of the abdomen.
5. It helps in keeping away the disease of the lungs and the heart.
6. For people suffering from gas and acidity, it has an instant beneficial effect.
7. It is also useful in the treatment of impotence, sterility and menstrual problems.

Precaution to be taken before doing Pavanmuktasana

As per several scientific studies, precautions need to be taken in diseases mentioned as per below^(YR/2)

1. Pregnant women should not perform this asana.
2. Avoid this asana if you have problem of sciatica and slipped disc.

So, consult your doctor if you have any of the problem mentioned above.

Histroy and scientific base of Yoga

Due to the oral transmission of sacred writings and the secrecy of its teachings, yoga’s past is riddled with mystery and confusion. Early yoga literature were recorded on delicate palm leaves. So it was easily damaged, destroyed, or lost. Yoga’s origins may be dated back over 5,000 years. However other academics believe it could be as old as 10,000 years. Yoga’s lengthy and illustrious history may be split into four distinct periods of growth, practise, and invention.

• Pre Classical Yoga
• Classical Yoga
• Post Classical Yoga
• Modern Yoga

Yoga is a psychological science with philosophical overtones. Patanjali begins his Yoga method by instructing that the mind must be regulated – Yogahs-chitta-vritti-nirodhah. Patanjali does not delve into the intellectual underpinnings of the need to regulate one’s mind, which are found in Samkhya and Vedanta. Yoga, he continues, is the regulation of the mind, the constraint of the thought-stuff. Yoga is a science based on personal experience. The most essential advantage of yoga is that it helps us to maintain a healthy bodily and mental state.

Yoga can help to slow down the ageing process. Since aging starts mostly by autointoxication or self-poisoning. So, we can considerably limit the catabolic process of cell degeneration by keeping the body clean, flexible, and properly lubricated. Yogasanas, pranayama, and meditation must all be combined to reap the full advantages of yoga.

SUMMARY
Pavanmuktasana is helpful in increase flexibility of muscles, improves shape of the body, reduce mental stress, as well improves overall health.