Take Care Of Your Body
It’s The Only Place You have to Live!!
~ Jim Rohn
I believe the same too. A healthy mind lives inside the healthy body only. Now the question is how to live a healthy life??
- Eat vegetables daily and avoid junk foods
- Drink Plenty of Water
- Avoid late night parties to maintain a disciplined life
- Say No to alcohol and quit smoking
- Do YOGA every day
There was a time when I couldn’t think a day without fast foods. There were no strict rules in my life and I had no time for exercise and meditation. I took a long time to convince myself that I need a better life.
I think now you guys know that I have special love for Bollywood. I love to check the celebrity feeds on Instagram. I know they are the diva but to maintain the perfect body shape needs a hell lot of hard work. They do exercise daily, starting from Bipasha Basu to Alia Bhatt everyone is health conscious.
Even Shilpa Shetty is my biggest inspiration. Aishwarya, Kareena all they have gained weight post-delivery but then again they have done exercise to maintain the shape.
They all are my inspiration. I have started doing yoga every day in the morning. I have bought a yoga mat recently (this was a try for self-motivation) and I am doing yoga every day now. Sometimes I go to my terrace also to breathe some fresh air.
I think we should start with light yoga and do easy ‘Asanas’ first. As a beginner, you can do Tadasana, Vrikshasana, Adho Mukho Svanasana, Kursiasana, Sukhasna etc.
We all know that 21st June is International Yoga Day and it is our responsibility to make people more aware of Yoga and its benefits. Yoga makes your body fit, releases stress, body pain etc and gifts you a beautiful soul too.
I have started doing Yoga recently and I am a beginner as well. I have tried few simple ‘Asanas’ that you can easily start with.
- Body Stretching: First do warm-ups. Run in a horse step movements for 2 minutes then stretch your body at left and right side. Move your head and shoulder clockwise – anticlockwise.
- Feet Touch: Stretch your body and touch feet on both sides.
- Sukhasna: Sit crossed legs on the mat, close your eyes, make yourself comfortable and breathe gently.
- Gomukhasana: Sit straight on the ground and extend legs in front of you. Now bend your left leg and place it under your right buttock. Fold your right leg and place it over your left thigh. Place both your knees close together. Place one hand on the back and try to touch the finger with another hand. Hold the fingers for 10-30 seconds initially. I couldn’t hold for 20 seconds at least. Keep breathing slowly. This asana has huge benefits.
- Ustrasana: Do this asana in empty stomach always. Kneeling on the mat and place your hands on the hips. Gently arch your back and slide the palms over your feet and straighten your arms. Keep neck in neutral position and hold this position for 30 – 60 seconds. Again it’s not easy really 🙁
- Vriksasana: First stand on your mat and drop arms to both sides of your body. Then place the right foot on the high up of left thigh. Look straight or you can close your eyes, take deep breathe and raise your hands over the head to make the ‘namaskar’ mudra. Doing this asana on the beach side is my dream so I asked my hubby to use his skill so that I can feel the virtual pleasure. 😉 (Check out my cover pic)
Disclaimer: I am a beginner only and I have tried these asanas at my own risk. Please consult a yoga expert before doing any of these asanas.
This post is a part of “Yoga Day Blogtrain” hosted by me (Sayeridiary) and my friend Jhilmil from Mommyinme. Here we 11 bloggers are sharing our views about yoga in different ways. The main intention is to make people more aware about the benefits of YOGA.
Thanks Mahak, for the lovely introduction. She is a mommy blogger who blogs at Babyandbeyond.in. Check out her post about 15 minutes easy morning yoga routine.
Now the next station is http://blogsikka.com/ where Snehalata will share her views about yoga. She is a multitasking mom who is an avid traveler and wants to give her daughter good parenting while she is traveling. She writes what she believes in.
Wonderful article capturing benefits of yoga and also showing some of the yogasana(s). I feel motivated to do yoga looking at this article 🙂
Nice article for yoga lovers. It’s v essential to keep ourselves fit these days
Wow Sayeri, you are so flexible. I also used to practice Yoga some months back. But then you need to be regular else body becomes stiff.
Well done. I need to start reading up and practising yoga too
Thanks..this will be definitely helpful for me to restart my yoga practice..
Sayeri this inspires me I will sure try to start and live in better way
I really liked yr yoga session. So relaxing
Have recently started yoga myself and believe me i feel more alive ever since i did. I think it just makes your body wake up and feel refreshed.
That’s a useful one! Thankyou for sharing this one 😍
Lovely article and asanas
Yoga is something that I want to learn and practice, but havent ever got around to learn it. Hopefully will get going soon. Thanks for the nudge 🙂
I too do all these simple aasanas daily. They are more beneficial to me.
Enlightening post Sayeri. Yoga is must to not just for body but even for mental health and I have been practising Yoga for more than 12 years now!
Wow you are so fit Sayeri. The magic of Yoga of course.
Yoga is best if you want to live healthy and fit. I am too lazy to start yoga but your post made me motivated to start yoga.
Surya Namashkar is one of my favourite yoga Asan. everyone should opt yoga. I get this habit of doing yoga from my parents and even in this age . they do it without any one day gap
Yoga should be practised by all with expert guidance of course. I have observed those who do yoga regularly remain quite happy always.
I suffer from mood disorders, IBS, thyroid malfunctioning and PCOS and one thing that keeps me normal is yoga! Cannot live without it!
As someones who believes in being fit and living a healthy lifestyle, the only thing missing is Yoga which I am hoping to learn soon.
Yoga is the answer to many health n mental problems. It’s great to know that you practice it. I will also try some of these asanas.
That a a great post.. well done.
I am thinking to be back to yoga this time
Woah now that is an easy to do yoga routine. I think I must start taking care of my health now. Yoga is believed to have great benefits.
Such a helpful post! Saving it❤
Loved your post buddy and I am starting power yoga from tmrw all inspired
Good health means a happy you. Yoga is very helpful for body and best it can be done anywhere which makes it easy to follow.
That’s a lovely post. I am happy to see most people are inspired by yoga.
This is a simple routine, great for beginners. Thanks for sharing
This is really encouraging me to start my yoga routine again ..this is really benefited ti our body and mind.
Encouraging post overvall and being a yoga lover I agree with each points
I always loved the way you share all your articles. This one is the best. I loved watching you practicing yoga daily.Keep it up!!
Thanks for the compilation dear. All the exercises are very helpful. We have gotta try these out.
Lovely article. I’ve never been able to do Gomukhasana with both hands. I keep trying though… hopefully will get there.
Nice paot with simple yoga steps, everyone can easily do it at home.