5 Yoga Poses To Help Alleviate Anxiety

Posted by Rajeev Sahadevan on December 11th, 2015

Anxiety can be quite troublesome. It doesn't matter if you are suffering from generalized or acute anxiety disorder, the feeling of being controlled and gripped by fear, low self esteem, anger, defeat from life etc. can numb even the strongest mind and body.

Few people try to avoid it and some try to struggle with it which leads to medication for a while. It depends on the severity of the disorder and the effect of medication that can either cut short or prolong the treatment phase.

Over recent times, yoga and meditation have become quite famous assisting people who are suffering from myriad health disorders and improving their health to a great extent. In fact there are studies that show that with control over unnecessary fear that grips your mind, you can take lower your stress levels and motivate for betterment.

Note that yoga and meditation does needs patience and it is best no matter how difficult you find, always persist on regularly practicing yoga, meditation that can help you become a better person.

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Here are 5 yoga poses that you can practice anywhere for alleviating any stress levels.

Child's Pose (Balasana)

It is often called as a place of rest as per yoga. Many people use it to relax in-between postures that can be quite challenging. This pose helps in releasing the tensed muscles in the neck, shoulders and back where people mostly hold lot of their stress. Balasana is great for anxiety sufferers as it calms the nervous system by encouraging steady conscious of breathing techniques.

Tree Pose (Vrikasana)

This is one of the fundamental postures for anxiety level. When you implement balancing poses, you are focussing all your energy on making the posture that will take your mind off unwanted hassles thereby improving your awareness. It will also help you with the ability of placing the attention on oneself instead of other random thoughts lurking around.

Warrior III (Virabhadrasana)

If you want a leg balance that strengthens and challenges you, then Warrior III is one of the best ways to go ahead. This pose boosts the core strength of your body, improves the co-ordination, your balance and posture as well. It also promotes digestion power and overall gut health and rest of the abdominal area making it ready to fight against anxiety level.

Sirsasana (Headstand)

Headstand is one of the best poses you can follow when you are feeling upbeat or stressed out. It not only reverses the blood flow but also nudges you to move your attention on breathing. This will evoke a calm temperament and feeling of content in life. It also stimulates the blood flow to the head which has a major benefit of detoxification of the adrenal glands that also have a contribution in aiding depression.

Viparita Karani (Legs on the wall pose)

This is one of the most common poses and is often used in restorative yoga class. It is one of the best postures for those having severe back pain and eases out anxiety depressive symptoms apart from getting rid of arthritis discomfort. Other benefits include inhibiting sleeplessness, balancing blood pressure levels, alleviate the pain of menstrual cramping to name a few.

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