{"id":335,"date":"2023-03-20T04:29:41","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T04:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hrishikeshyoga.com\/blog\/?p=335"},"modified":"2023-03-24T04:17:18","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T04:17:18","slug":"sukhasana-pleasure-pose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hrishikeshyoga.com\/blog\/sukhasana-pleasure-pose\/","title":{"rendered":"Sukhasana (Pleasure Pose) ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sukhasana (Pleasure Pose)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sukhasana\u00a0is one of the most basic and fundamental yoga asanas which is suitable for yogis of all levels. The name is derived from the Sanskrit word,\u00a0sukha, meaning &#8220;pleasure&#8221; or &#8220;comfort,&#8221; and\u00a0asana, meaning &#8220;pose.&#8221; It is a beginner\u2019s level, cross-legged posture which is restorative as well. It is regarded as one of the simplest poses. By doing this posture or asana, you can open up the hip muscles and elongate the spine. You will also be able to ground yourself. This asana mainly focusses on the thighs and hips, knees and ankles, and back.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_337\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-337\" style=\"width: 275px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-337\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hrishikeshyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/images-11.jpg?resize=275%2C183&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"200 hour yoga teacher training in rishikesh\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-337\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>100 hour yoga teacher training in rishikesh<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>How To Do It?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2981 You have to begin the asana, by sitting on the mat with both legs stretched.<br \/>\n\u2981 You have to keep the spine elongated and stretched. Place the hands on the thighs.<br \/>\n\u2981 Fold your legs one by one, by inhaling slowly.<br \/>\n\u2981 You have to bring the left foot under the right thigh, and vice versa.<br \/>\n\u2981 The shins will be crossed, and knees should be wide.<br \/>\n\u2981 Your legs have to be relaxed.<br \/>\n\u2981 You can do Gyan mudra with your hands, while placing them on the knees. You can also do Anjali mudra.<br \/>\n\u2981 Gaze towards the front and breathe slowly.<br \/>\n\u2981 You can hold the asana as long as possible, as it is a very comfortable pose.<br \/>\n\u2981 When you are done, slowly take the legs out and go to the normal pose.<br \/>\n\u2981 Straighten the legs and sit in Dandasana.<br \/>\n\u2981 Breathe normally.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Benefit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2981 It is one of the asanas, which help in maintaining spine health and also aligns the vertebrae in the correct way.<br \/>\n\u2981 This pose tends to tone the hip muscles. In the process, it tones the hips.<br \/>\n\u2981 It is a meditative pose, which increases the flow of prana, through the body. Thus, improving overall body function.<br \/>\n\u2981 Sukhasana calms the body.<br \/>\n\u2981 It is also believed to remove all sorts of negative emotions.<br \/>\n\u2981 This asana also helps in removing stiffness from the body parts.<br \/>\n\u2981 You will be able to bring awareness to the soul.<\/p>\n<p>If you are doing a sedentary job, then this asana will help you to overcome all the limitations, caused by it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contraindication<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2981 If you have back ache, you must not do this pose for more than 10 minutes.<br \/>\n\u2981 If you have injuries in your hips, legs and back, then you must not do this asana.<br \/>\n\u2981 If you have any sort if Arthritis, then also you must not do this asana.<br \/>\n\u2981 If you have any sort of inflammation or spine-related disorder, then you must not practice this pose.<\/p>\n<p><em>some of our courses :- <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrishikeshyoga.com\/100-hour-yoga-ttc-rishikesh-india.php\">100 hour yoga teacher training in rishikesh<\/a> ,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrishikeshyoga.com\/300-hour-yoga-ttc-rishikesh-india.php\"> 300 hour yoga teacher training in rishikesh<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrishikeshyoga.com\/10-days-yoga-retreats-in-rishikesh.php\">yoga retreat in rishikesh<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yoga\"><em>wikipedia<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sukhasana (Pleasure Pose) Sukhasana\u00a0is one of the most basic and fundamental yoga asanas which is suitable for yogis of all&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":336,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[71,44,61,69,70,51,43,72,52,53,56,35,68,67,54,55,75,57,4,66,47,59,65,40,11,12],"class_list":["post-335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-yoga-teacher-training-in-rishikesh","tag-100-hour-yoga-teacher-training-course-in-rishikesh","tag-100-hour-yoga-teacher-training-in-rishikesh","tag-100-hour-yoga-ttc-in-rishikesh","tag-200-hour-yoga-in-rishikesh","tag-200-hour-yoga-teacher-training-course-in-rishikesh","tag-200-hour-yoga-teacher-training-in-rishikesh","tag-200-hour-yoga-ttc-in-rishikesh","tag-300-hour-yoga-teacher-training-course-in-rishikesh","tag-300-hour-yoga-teacher-training-in-rishikesh","tag-300-hour-yoga-ttc-in-rishikesh","tag-best-yoga-school-in-rishikesh","tag-certified-yoga-school-in-rishikesh","tag-kundalini-in-rishikesh","tag-kundalini-yoga-in-rishikesh","tag-kundalini-yoga-teacher-training-in-rishikesh","tag-kundalini-yoga-ttc-in-rishikesh","tag-sukhasana-pleasure-pose","tag-top-yoga-school-in-rishikesh","tag-yoga","tag-yoga-center-in-rishikesh","tag-yoga-course-in-rishikesh","tag-yoga-in-rishikesh","tag-yoga-in-ttc-in-rishikesh","tag-yoga-retreat-in-rishikesh","tag-yoga-school-in-rishikesh","tag-yoga-teacher-training-in-rishikesh"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hrishikeshyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/images-10.jpg?fit=275%2C183&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hrishikeshyoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hrishikeshyoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hrishikeshyoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrishikeshyoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrishikeshyoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrishikeshyoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":486,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrishikeshyoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335\/revisions\/486"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrishikeshyoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hrishikeshyoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrishikeshyoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrishikeshyoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}