Yoga exercises that protect the heart

Poor eating habits, obesity, lack of exercise, and high stress in work and life are factors leading to heart disease. Research has shown that regular yoga practice can develop good living habits, correct bad eating habits, control weight, lower blood pressure, relieve work and life stress, thus effectively preventing the occurrence of heart disease. Here are 4 typical heart-beneficial yoga poses

1. Dance style

Stand with your legs, grab your right ankle with your right hand, and lift your right thigh as high as possible. Stretch your left hand upward, focus your eyes on a point, maintain balance, hold for 5 to 10 seconds, breathe gently and then restore. Switch sides and do it. Benefits: Soft buttocks and thighs, strengthen lower back muscles and knees, correct posture, improve balance and attention, and relieve tension in upper back.

2. Pyramid

Stand with your legs back and forth, inhale and straighten your back. Exhale, slowly slide your upper body down your right thigh in turn, place your hands on both sides of your right foot, hold for 10 seconds, breathe gently and restore. Switch sides and do it. Benefits: Stretch thighs and buttocks muscles, improve respiratory system function, and promote blood circulation throughout the body.

3. Camel style

Kneel on both knees, inhale, straighten your back, chest your chest and expand your ribs, send your pelvis, retract your hips, stretch the front side of your thighs, while placing your hands on your hips, and tighten your shoulder blades. Exhale, move your hands along your body to your heels, hold for a few seconds, and breathe gently. Benefits: Stretch the entire spine, improve blood circulation in the respiratory system and the whole body, stretch and strengthen the thigh muscles, balance the function of glands, and strengthen the heart muscle.

4. Waist-twisting type

Place your right leg on the ground with your knees bent, place your left leg on the outside of your right knee, inhale and stretch your back. Exhale, bend your left arm and rest it on your left knee, turn your waist at the same time, support it with your right hand behind your body, hold it for a few seconds, breathe gently and restore. Change direction and do it. Benefits: Improve gastrointestinal digestive function, soften the spine, eliminate constipation, relieve urinary system diseases, and strengthen the myocardium.

meditation technique

Completely relax and rest, look inside your body, and bring love into your body with your breath. As you inhale, imagine rich oxygen enters your blood vessels and heart. Exhale all troubles and body waste out of your body as you exhale. Let the blood flow smoothly, smoothly and easily, and let the mood become calm and harmonious. (Internship Editor: Wu Jinyu)