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How Does It Help Us?

The monkey pose imposes a lot of pressure on your abdominal area, the area right in the middle of your split and upper body. This is a good exercise to strengthen your abdominal muscles and make it sturdy and hardy.

For the ladies who often suffer with menstrual problems, this is a good way of strengthening your abdomen thereby helping you work through the pain pangs. However, do not opt for this while you are going through your menstrual cycle.

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This yoga also helps in strengthening your lower body muscles, including the back marrow. It so happens that the lower limbs experiencing pressure increases the blood flow in them. The slight tilt makes your marrow and waist girdles go through a twist and stretch process. Summing them up together, this is a good help for muscle strengthening.

Chinese believed in free flow of qui (chi) or body energy throughout the body to maintain equilibrium within your mind and body. Often, a disturbed mind would only build up sleepless nights and tired mornings. Hanumanasana relieves your body of the toxins that would later go on to become stress and depression factors, the reason why an early morning yoga session might help you recover insomnia.

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