Yoga : To Improve Various Health Conditions
Conditions | Exercises |
Ageing, To Delay | Full practice, mental and physical, with special emphasis on Headstand; Half-shoulderstand; Shoulderstand. All swinging - downward exercises and Slow Movements; Raised Poses. All breathing cycles; Recharging of Vital Energy; Uddiyana; Nauli; Savasana; Yoga-mudra. Mental Exercises: Mind Mirror; Releasing of Inner Light; Concentration on Love and Devotion. |
Ankles, Swollen | Headstand; Inverted Poses; Vajroli mudra. |
Arms, To Firm | Arm exercises. Raised Poses. Head of a Cow Pose. |
Arthritis | All asanas and exercises possible. |
Asthma | All abdominal breathing. Pose of a Frog; Pose of a Fish; Savasana. |
Backache, From Displaced Organs | Headstand; Inverted Poses; Aswini mudra. |
Backache, From Weak Muscles | Back exercises; Plough; Cobra. |
Backache, From Menstruation | Spinal Twist; Fish; Locust; Camel; Headstand.Breathing away pain; Sending prana to spine. |
Bust, To Firm | Cobra; Camel; Bust exercises. |
Chin, To Prevent Double And Firm Underneath | Pose of a Camel; Supine Pelvic; Face exercises; Pose of a Lion. |
Circulatory Troubles | Triangular Pose. Inverted Poses. Breathing cycles. |
Colds | All breathing cycles, specially Blacksmith's Bellows; Headstand; Shoulderstand; Vital Energy charging. |
Concentration, To Improve | Headstand; Half-shoulderstand; Lotus Pose; Balancing Poses; Yoga-mudra; Concentration exercises. |
Confidence, Loss Of | Headstand; Raised Poses; Cobra; Spinal Twist; Lotus Pose; Balancing Poses; Vajroli mudra; Angular Pose; Mental exercises. |
Constipation | Uddiyana; Nauli; Head-to-knee; Plough; Fish; Cobra; Savasana; Locust; Inverted Poses; Yoga-mudra; Aswinimudra; Vajroli-mudra. |
Depression | General practice, especially Savasana; Headstand and all inverted poses; Cobra; Vajroli-mudra; Locust; Spinal Twist; Breathing cycles; Mental exercises; Also diet control. |
Dowager's Hump | Neck exercises. Pose of a Camel; Headstand; Inverted Poses. |
Energy, Vital -Loss Of | Headstand; Shoulderstand; Savasana; Vajroli-mudra; Breathing cycles; Recharging cycles; Energy-charging cycles; Circulating Life Force. |
Facial Muscles, Sagging | Inverted Poses; Headstand; Facial exercises.Head of a Cow; Yoga-mudra. |
Fear | Pose of a Hero; Lotus Pose; Headstand; Shoulderstand; Vajroli-mudra; Spinal Twist; Cobra; Meditation; Mental exercises, specially on Fear. |
Feet, Swollen | Inverted poses; Feet exercises. |
Cold | Circulation Exercises. Warming breath. Triangular Pose. |
Flatulence | Knee-to-stomach Pose; Digestive cycles; Breathing cycles. |
Frustration, General | Breathing cycles; Savasana; Lotus Pose; All mental exercises. |
Frustration, Sexual | Dangerous Pose, and transmuting of energies. |
Hemorrhoids | Inverted poses; Aswini-mudra; walking on buttocks; Massage. |
Hearing, Failing | Headstand; Half-shoulderstand; All forward swinging exercises; Yoga-mudra. |
Heart Conditions | Savasana; Breathing cycles for slowing down breath and heart. Mental exercises; Pose of a Frog; Pose of a Child; Diamond Pose. Lotus Pose; Fish Pose; in some cases, with doctors permission, Headstand. |
Hot Flushes | Savasana; Shoulderstand; Quiet breathing cycles; Cooling breath. |
Hypertension | Savasana; Pacifying breathing cycles; Frog Pose; Cross-legged Poses; Fish Pose; Diamond Pose; Mental exercises. |
Impotence | Headstand; Shoulderstand; Savasana; Aswini-mudra; Vajroli-mudra; Breathing cycles; Transmuting of energies. |
Indigestion | Digestive cycle; Stomach contractions; Savasana; Knees to-stomach; Head-to-knee; Pacifying Breaths; Vajroli mudra; Yoga-mudra; Forward-stretching. |
Insomnia | Spinal massage-rocking; Triangular Pose; Savasana; Breathing cycles; Plough; Locust; Head-to-knee. |
Joints, Stiffness Of | All general practice, with emphasis on all exercises; Lotus Pose; Forward-stretching cycle; Spinal Twist; Archer; Camel; Eagle; Fish. |
Legs, To Improve And Firm | Eagle; Angular Pose; Forward-stretching cycle; Lotus; Head-to-knee. |
Memory, Failing | Headstand; Yoga-mudra; Pose of a Hare.Exercises bringing blood to the head. Mental exercises. |
Menopause | Savasana; Breathing and recharging cycles; Cobra; Spinal Twist; Head-to-knee; Stomach contractions; Ashwini mudra; Shoulderstand; Mental exercises. |
Menstrual Difficulties | Shoulderstand; Plough; Fish; Locust; Stomach contractions; Aswini-mudra; Cobra; Head-to-knee; Savasana. |
Migraine | Savasana; Headstand; Breathing cycles. |
Neck, To Firm | Neck exercises; Pose of a Camel. |
Prolapse | Headstand and all inverted poses; Aswini-mudra; Abdominal contractions (with doctor's approval). |
Prostate Gland, Enlargement | Aswini-mudra; Arch gesture. |
Relative Strength, Loss Of | Raised poses. |
Rheumatism | Spinal Twist; Cobra; Locust and general practice. |
Sciatica | Spinal Twist. |
Sexual Debility | Headstand; Shoulderstand; Vajroli-mudra; Half-shoulderstand; Plough; Fish; Eagle; Aswini-mudra; Frog Pose; Spinal Twist; Uddiyana. Transmutation of energies. |
Sight, Care Of | Eye exercises; Headstand; Half-shoulder stand; yoga-mudra; All forward swinging exercises. |
Sinus Trouble | Headstand; Breathing cycles; Blacksmith's Bellows. |
Stomach, To Firm And Slim | Uddiyana; Nauli; Camel; Locust; Forward-stretching cycle; Archer; Spinal Twist; Vajroli-mudra; All stomach exercises. |
Stress And Tension | Savasana; Shoulderstand; Pacifying breaths; Balancing Poses; Angular Pose; Cross-legged Poses; Diamond Pose; Pose of a Frog; Mental exercises. |
Teeth | Headstand; Half-shoulderstand; Face and neck exercises. |
Thighs, To Firm | Cobra; Locust; Lotus; Star Pose; Head-to-knee; Supine pelvic. |
Throat, Weakness Of | Pose of a Lion; Breathing cycles; Shoulderstand. |
Thyroid Deficiency | Shoulderstand; Cobra with chin pressed in; Choking Pose; Recharging breaths; Mental exercises. |
Ulcers | Savasana; Breathing cycles; Fish Pose; Pose of a Frog; Diamond Pose; All mental exercises. |
Varicose Veins | All inverted poses, including Headstand. |
Waistline, To Reduce | Sideways swing; Spinal Twist; Cobra; Forward-stretching cycle. |
Weight, Excess | Shoulderstand; All general practice; Diet. |
Weight, Deficiency | Shoulderstand; Savasana; Breathing cycles; Diet. |
Worry | All breathing cycles; Recharging with energy; Shoulder stand; Savasana; Pose of a Hero; Pose of a Frog; Fish Pose; Lotus Pose; Mental exercises. |
Wrinkles | Headstand; Half-shoulder stand; Knee-to-stomach; Face exercises; Yoga-mudra; All forward-stretching movements; Pose of a Camel. Head of a Cow. |