Benefits of Bakasana

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Bakasana is a pose in Yoga. The meaning of the word Bakasana is ‘crane pose’. Since the Bakanasa pose when done will make you appear like a crane standing on its legs, the asana was named such way. This asana is also known as Kakasana. This is because, the person who is practicing the asana will have to balance the whole body lifted up with his hands. Now the hands will appear like the shorter legs of the crow and hence it was named as Kakasana. In Sanskrit Kak refers to crow and asana refers to posture.

There are also other variations in the asana which were named according to the poses. Some of the major poses in Bakasana are

1.     Parsva Bakasana – this is the one in which one thigh of the performer will rest in the front arm. 

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2.     Eka pada bakasana – this is the one asana which lets the performer to have one leg stretched straight and the other one remains in the usual Bakasana. 

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3.     Eka pada koundiyanasana I – in this, one leg remains in Bakasana and the other leg will stretch diagonally backward.

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4.     Eka pada koundiyanasana II – this is like a firefly pose. One leg will remain in Bakasana and the other one will be stretched forward diagonally.

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Benefits of Bakasana/Kakasana

1.     Good for muscles in arms, shoulders and chest

Doing Bakasana is actually good for people who want to have strong arms, shoulders and chest. This asana is not a first attempt one. This is because; the stress it takes and the balancing it needs and more important is the strength it requires. Initially you may feel it trouble to do this asana as your arms and shoulders will not be strong enough to bear your body weight and at the same time you will not have a balance to hold yourself with arms alone. But on time and continuous practice, the asana is easy and thus makes you strong.

    

2.     Better functioning of digestive system

Doing this asana was proved to be having a good effect on enhancing the digestion and its entire related works. The asana is meant to burn more calories and thus the performer will have excess appetite. Thus the digestive system works fast to cope up with the food intake. It also reduces the acidity and heart burns due to indigestion of food.

3.     Helps to maintain healthy abdominal organs

While doing this asana, the abdominal organs will get expanded. These are the organs which are actually not taken much care in our daily life. Hence doing this asana will makes these abdominal organs stronger and healthy. But a regular diet is required.

4.     Extra spark on lungs and heart

Bakasana will make the lungs and heart to work synchronized. The heart and lungs synchronization is must for a better respiratory system and blood circulation in our body. The asana will let the lungs and heart work properly and thus enhances a better respiratory system and blood circulation.