February 18, 2018
Easy Yoga Everyday
Laying on your back with your legs up against a wall is a simple yoga exercise called “leg up the wall” or “viparita karani”. Many alternative medicine and yoga teachers recommend staying in this position around 20 minutes a day and just breathe to reduce stress, aches, etc. But even shorter time can also help!
I think that this position works to relieve the blood from the muscles and heart (it is pumped by stress when sympathetic nervous system dominates) to brain and digestion (this is usually distributed back when the calming parasympathetic nervous system is running). Besides this you have viparita karani / adds the wall’s advantages that it opens the back of the legs a little (easy stretch), and also the back of the neck. It improves circulation and reduces strain on tired or stiff feet and legs. The position is said to reduce anxiety, depression, stress, arthritis, indigestion, difficulty breathing, insomnia, headache, scarring, back pain and other health problems.
Try this in combination of mindfullness!
