Healing Yoga Poses for the Heartbroken – Part III



A guide to ‘body & soul’ mending as well as healing yoga poses beneficial for all those feeling tumultuous within.

Elevated Lunge Twisteroos

  • This yoga pose helps in releasing the back, lengthening the upper body and strengthening the lower extremity.
  • From the down-faced canine pose stepping the right foot upwards in-between the hands and reaching an elevated lunge stance.
  • Inhaling, straightening the arm direct over the head and draw palms together close to the heart in praying pose and exhaling.
  • Now move into a twisted pose and placing the outer part of the left arm on the outer side of the right thigh and holding for 5 breaths.
  • Returning to center, placing the hands on the outer side of the right foot and stepping the right foot backwards to a down-faced canine pose.
  • Repeating on the other side as well.

Elevated Lunge Twisteroos

Conduit Pose (Setu Bandha Sarvangasana)

  • It helps in opening the shoulder region and spine. The pose also helps to strengthen the legs and gluteus muscles.
  • Lying on the back and bending knees, feet placed around twelve inches away from the gluteus muscles.
  • Raising hips and trunk away from the ground forming a straightened line mid-air.
  • Now interlacing the hands and pressing the shoulder and upper arm areas on to the ground.
  • Lifting the hips to a greater height in the direction of the roof.
  • Holding for 5 breaths, lowering the gluteal muscles back to the floor and repeating thrice.

Conduit Pose

Bowed Pose (Dhanuraasana)

  • This yoga pose helps in opening the trunk, enhancing blood circulation and digestive capability.
  • Lying on the abdomen, bending the knees and grabbing on to the outer side of the ankle area of both legs.
  • Bringing the feet close together and knee placement hip width away. During every inhalation getting additional room in the trunk. Holding for five to ten breaths.

Bowed pose

Hip Spherical Moves

  • A great move for releasing hip and back.
  • Lying on the back and hugging knees to the trunk.
  • Holding the left knee using the left hand and the same done on the other side as well.
  • Now moving knees in mini spheres and keep them no less than six inches away.
  • Doing ten orbs in clockwise direction and ten other in anti-clockwise manner.

Hip Spherical Moves

Reclined Bonded Inclination Pose

  • Also known as sputa Baddha Konasana pose. It helps in opening the soul & heart, abdomen and groin.
  • Lying on one’s back with leg and arm areas straightened and palms placed up.
  • Bending the right knee and placing right foot on the ground and repeating the same on the other side as well.
  • Lowering the knees apart from one another towards the ground and bringing base of foot together.
  • Placing one of the hands on the lower abdomen and the other on the heart.
  • During inhalations and exhalations utter ‘I pardon and let go ’.
  • Set aside five minutes for this relieving and releasing time period.

Reclined Bonded Inclination Pose

Read More At: Healing Yoga Poses for the Heartbroken – Part II and Healing Yoga Poses for the Heartbroken – Part I

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