Yoga is the union with the divine. It is a philosophy used to the growth of mind, body, and spirit and also a system of exercises that help to balance your body and mind. It also increases your breathing techniques and focuses the grouping of your body.



Practicing yoga relaxation for a short session of relaxation daily once or twice is a great way of relaxing your body parts and also combating stress. It also helps in supporting a person to unwind.

Various Yoga Relaxation Techniques

Here is a yoga relaxation technique used to achieve deep relaxation to your body and mind

Corpse pose Technique

The Corpse pose, also known as shavasana, is a tremendous yoga posture that can be used among poses, which allows total relaxation. The corpse pose is a standard yoga relaxation pose, which is practiced by all disciples of yoga.

Any one at any time when one requires a few minutes of total rest and relaxation can also practice this yoga relaxation technique.

Method:

It is most important to select a place for practicing yoga relaxation where you will not be disturbed. You need to wear loose comfortable clothing. First, you lie down on your back with feet about 18 inches spaced out with your hands palm upward about 6 inches from your sides. Let your legs and feet to roll outwards.

See that your body feels balanced. Close your eyes and relax centering your consciousness on the rise and fall of your abdomen. Deeply and slowly take breath, feeling a sense of peaceful relaxation come over your whole body. Concentrate on releasing all tensions.

Tense And Relax Routine

Most of the people do not understand the way their bodies have become tensed until they have practiced a yoga relaxation routine. This tense and relax yoga routine is a type of relaxation technique that facilitates you to feel really the difference among tension and full relaxation.

Method:

For practicing this yoga relaxation technique, first of all try to settle down in corpse position and then effectively start working from the feet, first feel tense then relax each part of the body in turn. Begin with the feet, and then go to the legs, buttocks, stomach, back, chest, shoulders, arms, hands, head and finally to the face.

Try to tense every part of your body as tough as you can lift them a handful inches from the floor, if you wish, then drop them down again and relax.

Yoga Relaxation Technique - Progressive Routine

Method:

First lay down your hands on the abdomen and deeply breathe in, filling your belly primarily. Exhale noisily as you let your breath out making sure of all tensions you feel is released out with the breathing process. Repeat this process a few more times letting you to release all the tensions a little bit more with every breath.

Continue the breathing process at it's own speed and depth and as you breathe out, release any tension that you are feeling first in the feet and then with your next out breath for your ankles, and then your calves until you have completely traveled up your body.

It is necessary, in this yoga relaxation technique, for you to really try connecting each part of the body and release it completely before you go for the other part. The best process of relaxing the body is to feel something like "I have relaxed my feet" etc till you finally complete feel that "My whole body is now relaxed"