Is it better to practice as many asanas as you can in daily yoga?

When people face the current myriad yoga studios, yoga instructors trained by industrial production methods, and various yoga books, they always feel at a loss.

It should be said that according to each of us's own characteristics and our own abilities, choosing the appropriate yoga system and yoga asanas to practice is the correct way to practice yoga.

A few days ago, when I communicated with Ms. Vernica of the American Yoga Association, I talked about the various popular yoga systems in the world. When I said that I liked Master Swami Sivananda's yoga system very much, she said that I also like this traditional and classic yoga system very much.

Before he left, Swami Sivananda was a dedicated professional doctor. After giving up, he practiced hard work at the foothills of the Himalayas for decades. Based on his own practice experience, in his works passed down to the world, the asanas recommended to the public include headstand, shoulder stand, plough pose, fish pose, sitting pose, body forward bend, etc.

In the teaching of Master Swami Vesnudvananda, one of Sivananda's disciples, the "International Sivananda Yoga Vedic Center", several asanas were added. The main basic asanas are twelve, head stand, shoulder stand, plow pose, fish pose, forward bend pose, cobra pose, locust pose (Including single locust pose and full locust pose), bow pose, semi-spine torsion pose (including simplified semi-spine torsion pose), crow pose (peacock pose), hands touching feet pose (standing forward flexion pose), triangle pose.

The series of basic yoga poses taught by Swami Chidananda, another disciple of Swami Sivananda: . Mountain pose, triangle pose, shoulder stand pose, fish pose, plow pose, sitting pose forward bend (foot climbing pose), cobra pose, locust pose, bow pose, wheel, semi-spine twist pose (back pose), yoga body print pose (Yoga Mudra), etc.

From the series of asanas recommended by the above masters, we can see that the asanas recommended by Master Swami Sivananda are mainly suitable for practitioners who leave, while the series of asanas recommended by his two students is more suitable for practice by the modern public.

The asana recommended by Master Swamizdananda is slightly different from the system recommended by Master Swamiwisnudwananda: the headstand and crow pose are removed, and the mountain pose and yoga body pose are added. Twelve asana.

The series of asanas recommended by these two masters are arranged according to the basic physiological movements of the spine, including forward bending, backward bending, lateral bending, horizontal torsion, etc., which is very scientific and reasonable.

The road reaches Jane. I personally believe that in daily yoga practice, scientifically and reasonably selecting a series of asanas and using the simplest and fewest asanas to achieve the greatest benefits of physical and mental regulation should be the right choice for every one of us who practices yoga.

I think there is some truth in removing the head-inverted three-dimensional pose from the yoga system taught by Master Swamitzdananda.

Modern people are faced with inescapable environmental pollution. Our diet, our breath, and our bodies are always threatened by pollution.

There are thousands of yoga poses. The head-down three-dimensional pose is known as the king of asanas. It is undoubtedly a very classic pose and a very important pose. It has many benefits to our physical and mental health.

However, before a person's body is purified, especially before the blood is purified, practicing head-upside-down three-dimensional posture and letting unclean blood flow into the brain may do more harm than good. (Editor in charge: Zhao Ruilan)