Yoga therapy is now recommended on many grave diseases. The relaxation technique under yoga is useful on curing anxiety, phobia, addiction, sexual disfunctions.

The relaxation asana called "Shawasan" is helpful in stress relieving. It is also described as corpse pose. This is done in following way.

Lie flat on the back with arms beside and in the line with body

Keep palms facing upwards

Keep the feet apart in confortable position

Close the eyes and relax the body slowly

Tilt the neck slightly on any one side

concentrate on breathing with awareness

The principle behind this is that, there is total body relaxation, mind also relaxes thus discouraging anxiety and other symptoms of mental tensions. This asana or relaxation pose is found to be very effective on diseases like psychosomatic disorders like tension, asthma, peptic ulcer.

The person should lie down facing upwards ina comfortable position in a 'motionless' pose. The first step consists of identifying all muscles and then relaxing each part one by one. The tight unpleasant sensation coming from the contracted muscle is necessary for eventual relaxation. The feedback of lack of tight feeling in muscles (or letting go the contraction) helps you realize the the relaxed body parts.

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