Why to Perform Gomukhasana Daily

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Gomukhasana is a Yoga pose. The pose was named Gomukhasana based on the pose. ‘Gau’ is a Sanskrit term, meaning cow and ‘mukha’ is face and asana is ‘posture’. Since the Gomukhasana will end up in a posture just like face of a cow, the posture was named in such way. Some even says that the word ‘go’ means ‘light’ in Sanskrit and hence the practice of Gomukhasana will let you have a bright lighted face and hence it was named such way. Beyond these subjective ideas of the asana, it is true that the practice of this asana will let you enjoy more benefits.

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Practicing any Yoga pose in right manner is must. It may end up in drastic effects if done wrong. To start doing Gomukhasana, you have to follow certain precautions like your hips should remain straight and one knee should remain on the other knee. Now to do with the asana.

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1.     Sit erect and stretch your legs in front and arms on sides and rest your palms on floor.   

         2.     Fold right leg at knee and place it under left buttock.

         3.     Similarly, fold your left leg and place it over left leg and place the foot under right buttock.

         4.     The left palm above the right sole and the right palm above the left sole. Now you resemble                 the face of a cow.

         5.     Return back to original position and repeat practicing the pose by changing the legs.

Benefits of Gomukhasana

Doing Gomukhasana daily will benefit you with many things. Some of them are

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 The practice of this asana daily will let your energy levels to remain at an optimum high level that would be very helpful for a lethargic body.

 ·       The toning and stretching of knees and thighs will make you agile and more controlled with your moves.

 ·       The stretching of arms and shoulders will help you in long runs. People who have a passion of sports can practice this asana daily for their better performance.

·       All your body muscles, especially thighs, arms, shoulders and hip will get toned and it may be difficult at first; but on time and practice, you can easily master it.

·       Your biceps and the muscles at your back will get strengthened by practicing this asana daily. This will help you to develop a stagnant state that helps you in maintaining the body parallel to the floor always.

·       People who sit at offices for a long time and those who don’t find time to get up little while can make use of this asana to stretch your body muscles. This really helps in a better blood circulation in the body.

·       The twist and turn you do with your shoulders will help you to have free body movement and less the chances of sprains.

Doing Gomukhasana daily will benefit you in many ways. But make sure that you are not doing it wrongly and practicing the wrong pose.