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Halasana (Plough Pose)

Halasana, also known as the Plough Pose, involves lying on your back and lifting both legs up straight over your body until your toes touch the ground behind your head. This pose tones the spinal nerves, muscles of the back, and vertebral bones while improving blood flow and flexibility of the spine. Regular practice of Halasana can help prevent back pain, treat obesity and constipation, and keep the practitioner nimble and energetic throughout life.

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Halasana (Plough Pose)

Halasana, also known as the Plough Pose, involves lying on your back and lifting both legs up straight over your body until your toes touch the ground behind your head. This pose tones the spinal nerves, muscles of the back, and vertebral bones while improving blood flow and flexibility of the spine. Regular practice of Halasana can help prevent back pain, treat obesity and constipation, and keep the practitioner nimble and energetic throughout life.

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Halasana (Plough Pose)

When this pose is practised, it gives the exact appearance of a plough. Hala means a plough in Sanskrit.

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TECHNIQUE
Spread a blanket on the ground. Lie flat on your back. Keep the hands at the sides on the ground with the palm facing the
ground. Join both your legs. Lift them up very slowly. Do not bend the legs. Do not raise the hands. Do not bend the trunk. Make
an obtuse angle. Then slowly lower the legs. Fold them over the body until the toes touch the ground. Keep the knees quite
straight and close together. The legs and thighs must be in one straight line. Press the chin against the chest. Breathe slowly
through the nose only and not through the mouth.
There is another variety of doing this Asana. After the above posture is done, slowly bring the hands and catch hold of the toes.
This is also a better method. There should be no jerk in any way. When the Asana is finished, very, very slowly raise the legs and
bring them to the original posture of lying flat on the ground.
BENEFITS
This Asana tones the spinal nerves, the muscles of the back, the vertebral bones and the sympathetic nervous system that runs
along the vertebral column on both sides. This Asana fulfils and amplifies Sarvangasana. A large quantity of blood is poured into
the spinal roots of nerves, spinal cord, sympathetic ganglia, sympathetic nerves and muscles of the back. Hence, they are all
well nourished. The vertebral column is rendered very, very soft and elastic. This Asana prevents the early ossification of the
vertebral bones. Ossification is quick degeneration of bones. Old age manifests quickly on account of early ossification. The
bones become hard and brittle in the degenerative process. He who practises Halasana is very nimble, agile, full of energy. The
muscles of the back are alternatively contracted, relaxed and then pulled and stretched. Hence they draw a good supply of blood
by these various movements and are well nourished. Various sorts of myalgia (muscular rheumatism), lumbago, sprain and
neuralgia are cured by this Asana.
The vertebral column becomes soft and elastic. It is twisted and rolled as it were like a piece of canvas sheet. A man who
practises Halasana can never become lazy. The vertebral column is a very important structure. It supports the whole body. It
contains the spinal cord, spinal nerve and sympathetic system. In Hatha Yoga the spine is termed as Meru Danda. Therefore you
must keep it healthy, strong and elastic by the practice of Halasana. The muscles of the abdomen, the rectal muscles and the
muscels of the thigh are also toned and nourished. Obesity or corpulence and habitual or chronic constipation, gulma, congestion
and enlargement of the liver and spleen are cured by this Asana.

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