MATSYASANA:
Steps:
- Spread a thick blanket on the ground. Sit on it with legs fully stretched in front of you. Do Padmasana.
- Then lie flat on the back.
- Then resting the whole body on the elbows raise the trunk and head.
- Pressing the head well on the ground on the one side and the buttocks on the other, make an arch or a bridge of the trunk.
- Rest the hands on the thighs or catch hold of the toes the right hand holding the left toe and the left hand the right toe.
Practise this Asana soon after Sarvangasana for one third of
the time you devote to the latter, if you want the maximum benefits.
Sarvangasana and Matsyasana go hand in hand. They must always be
practiced one
after the other. When you have finished doing this Asana, slowly release the
head with the help of the hands, sit erect and unlock the foot-lock.
Benefits:
- Matsyasana gives a soothing massage to the neck and the shoulders.
- The stiffness of the neck is removed.
- Matsyasana helps deep breathing.
- The cervical and upper dorsal nerves are abundantly nourished with blood and toned up nicely.
- The endocrine the pituitary and the pineal glands located in the brain are stimulated and toned. These glands play a vital part in the proper functioning of the various systems of the human body.
- Matsyasana is also the destroyer of many diseases. It cures constipation, asthma, consumption, chronic bronchitis, epilepsy, a certain type of obesity, the evil effects of masturbation, excessive sexual indulgence and waste of seminal powers, and is said to have cured leprosy also.
- It dispenses with the transplantation of monkey-thyroids to human beings for rejuvenation. Enlargement of the spleen is cured.
- Lost manhood, wasted vitality and misspent energy could be effectively regained by the assiduous practice of this posture.
- The heart is also massaged and you feel new and young.
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