Lower your Blood Pressued by Yoga practice

High blood pressure is one of the most prevailing ailments in the world right now.  High blood pressure is affecting people of all ages now a days. There are many methods to reduce high blood prssure.  Many people are now opting to reduce high blood pressure naturally like herbs, exercises and diet.  Yoga is one of the best proven method to increase low blood pressure and reduce high blood pressure.



Do you know that your blood pressure can be lowered by practicing yoga asanas?  Yoga asanas help to lower your blood pressure and keep it stable.  Yoga asanas have favorable effect on the nervous system.   You can not only reduce the B.P. but also reduce the effects of hypertension on other parts of your body by practicing Yoga.  There are some yoga asanas to reduce blood pressure.  Some categories of asanas to reduce high blood pressure are forward bends, sitting, supine and inversion groups.

The forward bends have the best effect to reduce blood pressure.  The forward bending exercises have a calming effect on the brain and the blood circulation to the brain is normalized and they help to reduce the stress from sense organs.  So the brain, nervous system and the sense organs are relaxed and so the blood pressure will be normal and stabilizes.

The yoga asanas which are beneficial to nervous system are the Uttanasana and Adhomukha Savasana which are to be practiced with the head resting.  The Baddhakonasana and Virasana are some of the sitting yoga asanas which you can practice to lower your blood pressure.  These poses eliminate the tension from the ribs and the muscles so they help to breathe without any difficulty and lower blood pressure.

The other poses of asanas which help to reduce blood pressure are the supine poses like Supta Baddhakonasana which by relaxing the abdominal region calms the nerves.  The inversion asanas like Viparita Karanti and Halasana revitalize the nerves and lowers the blood pressure. 

Here are some of the yoga poses for hypertension.

• Sukhasana :   Sukhasana is one of the meditative poses and can be practiced after doing the corpse pose. The sukhasana helps in making the spine straight and slows down the metabolism and keeps your mind calm.
• Bidalasana ( Cat pose) : This pose is very ideal for loosening and stretching of the spine and hips.  This pose initiates movement from your center and to coordinate your movement and breath.  
• Anuloma viloma :  This is one of the breathing exercise.  It is also called as alternate nostril technique.  In this breathing technique, you inhale through one nostril, retain the breath, and exhale through the other nostril.  Repeat the same for other nostril.
• Shoulder stretches : The shoulder stretches are very good for relieving stress and tension in your shoulders and also in upper back.  You can practice shoulder stretches for several weeks and notice the changes.

 There are many more yoga poses to control blood pressure  like pavan mukhtasana and double leg raises etc.