{"id":7232,"date":"2019-08-26T21:29:04","date_gmt":"2019-08-26T21:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/colourfuldreamer.com\/?p=7232"},"modified":"2019-10-10T15:16:59","modified_gmt":"2019-10-10T15:16:59","slug":"5-easy-asanas-to-release-stress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colourfuldreamer.com\/index.php\/2019\/08\/26\/5-easy-asanas-to-release-stress\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Easy Asanas to Release Stress\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Most of the time tapping into the connection with our creative self means we might need to unpack our relationship with stress and learn how to harness our creativity. .\u00a0 <\/span>Staying in tune with our inner spiritual powers while keeping our body, mind, and soul united is certainly not an easy task for everyone. And that\u2019s where yoga can work wonders!<\/span><\/p>\n

Yoga can help us as a way to tune into the breath and use it to support us as we navigate the waters of mind and emotions. In Sanskrit Yoga means union<\/i>. It is the joining between individual and God;\u00a0 <\/span>first by connecting the individual with God, and next by making the body as a whole entity working together with consciousness as part of an ordered system. To reach this goal, Patanjali introduced the Sutras in 400 CE and the basic text of Yoga which prescribes eight stages of increasing skills in controlling consciousness. One of these first stages seems to be the \u201casanas\u201d ,or in other words, ways of \u201csitting\u201d or holding postures for long periods of time without succumbing to strain or fatigue.<\/span><\/p>\n

As Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi claims in his best-selling book, \u201cFlow\u201d, Yoga is a thoroughly planned flow activity which tries to achieve a joyous, self-forgetful involvement through concentration, which in turn is made possible by the discipline of the body. Indeed Yogic sages have known for thousands of years that asanas is the portal through which we can transform stress and anxiety while accessing a state of inner calm and grounded balance. Next time you might feel stressed try to practice one of the asanas that are known for generating balanced energy and rejuvenating the immuno organs. These are the tortoise pose, any inversion and forward bends, chest and lung openers, and restorative poses.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here are\u00a0 <\/span>5 yoga poses that if\u00a0 <\/span>practised daily can slow the racing mind. If you try to spend at least 3-5 minutes in each posture you\u2019ll probably notice that your breathing becomes slower and the mind less distracted. Lets find out which are the specific benefits of each asana on our nervous system<\/span><\/p>\n