22/12/2024
The camel pose, or Ustrasana in Sanskrit, has many benefits, including:
Physical benefits: Stretches the back, hip flexors, upper body, ankles, thighs, and groins. It also strengthens the core and back muscles, improves posture, and relieves lower back pain.
Mental benefits: Can boost mental well-being, increase creativity, enhance concentration, and provide a sense of inner calm.
Respiratory benefits: Enhances lung function and increases flexibility of lung tissue. It can also help resolve respiratory problems.
Circulatory benefits: Promotes healthy blood circulation throughout the body.
Other benefits: Stimulates the organs of the abdomen and neck, positively affects the thyroid, pineal, adrenal, and pituitary glands, and flushes blood through the kidneys to help eliminate toxins.
Menstrual discomfort: Can ease menstrual pain.
Deep breathing: Encourages deep, diaphragmatic breathing, which can help decrease stress levels and improve mental focus.
π§