How to Do Yoga for Depression and Anxiety

Method:

• Kneel on the floor with your toes touching each other and knees as wide as the hips
• Exhale and bend forward to place your torso between your thighs and head touching on the floor.
• Lay your hands alongside your head with your palms facing downwards.

To know more about the asana, click here: Balasana

7. Setu Bandhasana: (Bridge Pose):

This is a great asana that strengthens the back muscles and relieves the stress that is trapped in the back. It is considered as one of the best yoga exercises for stress and depression. By practicing Setu Bandhasana, one can calm down the brain and thereby reducing stress anxiety and depression. It also aids in improving the digestion of the body. This is how you can do this yoga therapy for depression.

Method:

• Lie down flat on your back with your knees bent and foot on the floor hip-apart. Make sure that the ankles and knees are in one straight line.
• With the support of your arms, that is placed by the body and palms facing downwards, lift your back off the floor.
• Roll in your shoulders so that the chin touches the chest. Let your shoulders, arms, and feet support the weight of your body.

To know more about the asana, click here: Setu Bandhasana

8. Viparita Karani: (Inverted Lake Pose):

Yoga helps depression, and this is the other pose to try out. This pose is also called the legs up the wall pose. Apart from a host of benefits such as relief from stress and anxiety, this pose also has an anti-aging effect. You can use a prop such as a blanket, pillow, bolsters for support while doing this asana. It is one of the best anti depression yoga.

Method:

• Sit next to the wall in a manner that your feet are on the floor, and the left side of your body is touching the wall.
• Lie on your back such that the legs press against the wall and the soles of the feet face upwards.
• Press your buttocks against the wall and legs touching the wall so that your body makes a 90-degree angle.
• Now slowly lift your buttocks and slide the prop under them. Alternatively, you can use your hands to form that curve in your lower body.

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