| Asanas & Images | How To Do | Benefits |
| Padahastasan | Stand with feet together, arms extended upwards and whole body pulled upwards. Bring arms forward to touch ground in front of feet or to hold the toes with hands. Head should touch the knees. Body from hips to feet should remain absolutely straight. | Makes shoulders strong, waist slim and chest broad. Increases height. Reduces weight. |
| Trikonasan | Keeping the legs as far as apart as possible and with one arm bent like an arc as in the ardhchandrasan bend to the opposite direction with the other arm touching the foot on that side. | Reduce the fat deposits around the hips and makes body well proportioned. Relieves pain in ribs and back. Helps remove skin eruptions and boils. Helps increase height |
| Sarvangasan (Shoulder stand | Holding the back with the hands, raise the whole trunk up, trying to balance and rest the whole body on the shoulders. | Improves circulation of blood. It strengthens the lungs and the heart and benefits the thyroid. Therefore, it relieves obesity. Strengthens the hair roots and prevents the falling of hair. In women abnormal mobility of the uterus and pelvic pains due to it are treated. Makes the spine resilient which in turn bestows health, beauty and rejuvenation of the body. Removes bad odours from the body. |
| Matsyasan | Sitting in padmasan and lying on the back. Bend the head backward , raise the shoulder from the ground keeping the legs intact with the ground. Hold the big toes with the arms keeping the elbows on the ground. | Effective for ailments of throat, like tonsils disease. Useful for diabetic patient. Cures aching knees and back. Useful for maladies of the uterus and also regularises the menstrual flow. Dryness of skin and coarseness of features is removed |
| Halasna | Raise the legs and bend | Useful in hernia, diabetes, |
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| The palms placed below the shoulders, the heels brought together, make an arch by raising the trunk from the middle. | Gives flexibility to the spinal cord. Premature stiffening of the spinal cord induces onset of old age. This asan delays senescence. Regulates the blood circulation. Relieves the pain of feet, ankles, back and shoulders. |
| Bhujangasna (Cobra Pose) | Keep the arms along the sides of the body with the feet together. Raise head and the chest from the ground upto the navel . | Relieves constipation, indigestion and flatulence. Cleans the whole gut from the mouth to intestines and rectum. Makes the waist slender and chest broad. Helps in regulating menstrual disorders, liver, and kidney disorders. Relieves backaches. Reduces fat of abdomen. |
| Dhanurasan | Lie on back. Grasp the ankles and raise the trunk and the legs so as to make a bow. | Makes body supple and resilient. Improves blood circulation. A panacea for persons with paunches and heavy buttocks. Makes shoulders and the neck strong and waist slime. Body becomes beautiful and radiant. Eyes sparkle and eyesight improves. Strengthens the arms, shoulders, spinal cord, legs, knees and thighs and relieves the disorders of the abdomen |
| Naukasan | Bring the arms together with the hands folded and stretch them out in the front. Also raise the legs simultaneously. | Relieves constipation, strengthens the digestive system. Abdominal flabbiness can be reduced. Useful for lung diseases. Useful for strengthening of shoulders, neck, back and legs. |
| Vajrasan | Fold the legs and sit on them, let the arms rest on knees and the spine erect. Vajra is the name of a nerve, which is directly connected with the digestive process. | Body becomes strong and firm, especially the toes, knees, thighs and legs. Relieves the pain of the calves and knees. Good for those who are prone to excessive sleep. Has proved useful for students who keep late hours at night. Helps in speedy digestion. |
| Gomukhasan | Fold and cross the legs and rest the bottom in between them. Take one arm from below to the back and try to grasp it with the other arm from above the shoulder to the back. | Strengthens feet, waist, and knees. Useful for patients of asthma, tuberculosis of lungs and other respiratory disorders. It is possible to inhale markedly greater amounts of oxygen than is ordinarily needed. |
| Paschim Uttaanasan | Spread the legs apart, grasp the big toes with the hands, the head touching the knees and the elbow touching the ground. | Improves blood circulation. Skin diseases are cured. Waist becomes supple. Body odours are removed and a pleasant aroma is generated. Reduces the adipose tissue of the abdomen. Strengthens the calves, relieves sciatica nerves, back, the lumbar region and the nerves of the head and relieves the disorders of the abdomen. Induces keen appetite for food. A variety of worms infesting the gut get killed and eradicated. Irritable persons are advised to do this asan. |
| Shavasana | Lie on the back, arms spread out in line with shoulders. Close fists with thumbs inside. Bend legs at knees with soles flat on floor while keeping a distance so as to allow the knee of one leg to touch the heel of other leg. Then turn both knees to right and head to the left. Then turn knees to the left and head to the right | Nerves and veins connected to lower spine become supple as a result helps in backaches and sciatica. Benefits liver and pancreas. Strengths heart and lungs. Helps in correcting menstrual cycle and diseases of the womb |
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