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Surya Namaskara Advantages And Disadvantages

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Duration: For physical benefits, practice 3 to 12 rounds more quickly. For mental and spiritual benefits, practice 3-12 rounds slowly. Beginners should start with 2 to 3 rounds and add one more round every few weeks to avoid fatigue. Strain should be avoided.
Contra-indications: Practitioner should immediately discontinue the practice if fever, acute inflammation, boils or rashes occur. They may develop due to excess toxins in the body. When the toxins have been eliminated, the practice may be resumed.
Surya Namaskara should not be practiced by people suffering from high blood pressure, coronary artery diseases, hernia or intestinal tuberculosis.

Benefits of Surya Namaskara:
• It is an integral exercise that helps the health of the whole body. …show more content…

• It increases the heartbeat and the working of the whole circulatory system, helping to eliminate waste materials from the body. All the cells of the body receive extra nutrition enabling them to function more efficiently. This leads to better health an increased vitality.
• The lymphatic system is also speeded up. Surya Namaskara, by increasing the circulation and the removal of poisonous bacteria, directly aids the lymphatic system to work more efficiently in its fight against illness.
• Surya Namaskara, when done correctly, accentuates the exchange of air to and from the lungs, opens and expands the intricate alveoli, or air sacs, of the lung tissue and exercises the muscles of the surrounding chest region. The lungs are emptied of impurities and stale air as well as the body and brain are revitalized by the extra supply of oxygen they receive. One can almost feel the extra super-charge of energy.
• The multitudes of nerves connections throughout the body are gently stretched, massaged and stimulated while doing Surya Namaskara. It tones up the nerves and simultaneously awakens the associated brain centres. One feels more alive after a few rounds of this exercise. It tones up the nervous system and improves

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