International Yoga Day : Ardha Matsyaendrasana ( Yoga at Home)

Health Benefits of Ardha Matsyendrasana:

• Increases the elasticity of the spine, tones the spinal nerves and improves the functioning of the spinal cord.
• Stretches the muscles on one side of the body whilst compressing the muscles on the other side.
• Relieves back pain and stiffness from between the vertebrae.
• Useful for slipped disc.
• Massages the abdominal organs and increases the digestive juices making it useful for loss of appetite and constipation.
• Useful for diabetics, with concentration on the pancreas.
• Regulates the secretion of bile and adrenaline.
• Relieves tension that may have built up in the back from forward and back bending asanas.
• Opens the chest and increases the oxygen supply to the lungs.
• Loosens the hip joints, relieving stiffness.
• Releases tension in the arms, shoulders, upper back and neck.
• Increases purification of the blood as well as the internal organs.
• Improves round shoulders.

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