8 Yoga Poses That Can Protect Your Hair

Mounika Raghavan on December 31, 2012

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Hair is a womans ri!e" #t is something to $%aunt& 'ut when the thickness o$ your onytai% starts
!ecreasing it is time to ay some serious attention" #t is heart breaking an! stress$u% to comb your
hair an! $in! a who%e c%um o$ your hair sticking to the comb" (his is where yoga can come in
han!y& )oga he%s immense%y to grow back your %ost hair" *!oting asanas in yoga to prevent
hair loss is one o$ the most e$$ective so%utions in the %ong run"
Reasons for hair loss:
(oo much stress
*geing
+nhea%thy eating habits
Me!ication
Hormona% rob%ems
+sing too many hair ro!ucts
Heat treatments on hair
,enetics
#t is goo! to know that hair %oss !ue here!itary is curab%e" #$ you can contro% your unhea%thy
%i$esty%e habits an! ractice pranayama an! me!itation, you can !ea% with hair %oss issues a %ot
more easi%y" Here are some e-ercises $rom the ancient books o$ yoga $or hair loss prevention"
Asanas of Yoga for Hair Loss
*s $ar as yoga oses $or hair %oss contro% go, a $ew are e-cetiona%%y e$$ective& (hey are %iste!
be%ow"
1. Balaam Yoga !Ru""ing nails#:
(his yoga asana was ma!e $amous by 'aba Ram!ev" #t is sim%e an! high%y a$$ective"
)ou can !o this asana either sitting or stan!ing"
.ur% the $ingers o$ both han!s inwar!s towar!s your a%m"
'ring the nai%s o$ both your han!s in contact with each other an! start rubbing them
vigorous%y ensure %eaving out the thumbnai%s"
/ee rubbing your nai%s continuous%y $or 012 minutes at a stretch"
'esi!es hair %oss, 'a%ayam yoga can a%so cure $an$ruff an! remature graying o$ hair"
'y !oing this, the roots o$ the hair $o%%ic%es connecte! to the $ingernai%s um energy to the scalp
nee!e! $or hair growth"
3 Rea!: % Ba"a Ram$ev Yoga Asanas for Better Hair 4
&. 'ttanasana !(tan$ for)ar$ "en$ pose#:
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Stan! straight with your %egs c%ose to one another touching your knees, hee%s, $eet an!
toes"
#nha%e !ee%y"
5ow whi%e e-ha%ing, %i$t u your han!s an! ben! $orwar!, unti% your $ingers an! then
your han!s touch the $%oor"
#$ ossib%e, you can a%so bring your han!s behin! your hee%s"
Ho%! on this osition with some norma% breathing"
6hen you want to come out o$ this ose, inha%e in !ee%y an! stan! back straight"
7or beginners, i$ you are not ab%e to touch the groun! with your han!s, then $o%! your
han!s an! ho%! your right e%bow with %e$t han! an! %e$t e%bow with right han!"
(his asana it he%s better hair growth because o$ two reasons:
#$ you have notice!, your hea! is hanging be%ow your heart a%%owing a%%ows b%oo! to
circu%ate roer%y in your sca% %ea!ing to roer hair growth"
*nother reason is that Uttanasana !e1stresses you an! re%ieves you o$ a%% an*iet an!
tensions which is a rimary reason $or hair %oss"
+. (asangasana !Ra""it pose#:
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Sit with your knees on the $%oor, his on your hee%s in 'a%asana ose 8chi%! ose9"
5ow ut both your han!s at the back an! ho%! your hee%s"
:%ace the crown o$ your hea! on the $%oor an! s%ow%y inha%e an! %i$t u your his"
Ho%! this osition unti% $ive breaths"
;-ha%e as you s%ow%y unro%% yourse%$ back to chi%! ose"
Re%a- an! reeat again"
(his asana is again bene$icia% because whi%e the crown is on the groun!, the b%oo! $%ows to the
hea!" :roer circu%ation o$ b%oo! to sca% means goo! an! hea%thy hair growth"
,. 'strasana !Camel Pose#:
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Sit straight on the $%oor with your knees in a way that the ca%ves o$ your knees $orm right
ang%e"
/ee han!s on your waist, $ingers in the $ront an! thumb behin!"
5ow ben! your sine backwar! an! ho%! the hee%s o$ your $eet with your han!s or you
may a%so touch the so%es o$ your $eet"
*s you ben! your sine, a%so move your $ace uwar!s an! try %ooking at the cei%ing"
Ho%! on this ose $or a $ew secon!s an! kee your breathing norma%"
;-ha%e whi%e e-iting $rom this ose"
Sit in baby ose or Balasana an! re%a-"
7o%%ow some recautions whi%e !oing this yoga $or goo! hair:
7or beginners, !o not ben! backwar!s too much as it may cause in<ury to your %ower
back"
)ou nee! 7%e-ibi%ity $or this asana, i$ your bo!y is sti$$, you%% never be ab%e to com%ete
this asana unti% the en!"
3 Rea!: Top 1- Yoga Poses .or .aster Hair /ro)th 4
%. A$ho 0u1ha (vanasana !2o)n)ar$ 2og pose#:
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:%ace yourse%$ with your knees an! han!s on the groun!" )our han!s eren!icu%ar to
your shou%!ers an! your knees eren!icu%ar with your his"
5e-t ush your his u an! a%ongsi!e straighten your %egs too, stan!ing on your toes"
:ressing your a%ms to the groun!, straighten your sine more"
(o e-it $rom this ose, u%% !own your his gent%y an! come back to the $irst ste"
3. 4a5rasana !2iamon$ pose#:
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Sit on the $%oor keeing your sine erect an! with stretche! %egs" )our hee%s shou%! be
together"
:%ace your han!s by your si!e a%ms $acing the groun!"
5ow you have to $o%! both your %egs, keeing them un!er your thighs= $irst the %e$t %eg
an! then the right"
:%ace your han!s on your uer thighs"
Sit in a re%a-e! osition an! breathe in an! out !ee%y"
6hen !one, return back to your origina% osture o$ sitting with stretche! %egs"
6. 0atsasana !.ish pose#:
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>ie !own straight on the $%oor with your %egs together, both your han!s shou%! go at the
back o$ your thighs with a%ms $acing !ownwar!s"
5ow with ressure on your e%bows, u%% the mi! ortion o$ your uer torso !roing
your hea! a bit more backwar!s such that the crown o$ your hea! touches the groun!"
)our bo!y osition wi%% be such that an arch wi%% be $orme! between your his an!
crown" 'reathe in !ee%y an! try $i%%ing in as much o-ygen ossib%e to your resiratory
organs"
8. 'ttanpa$asana !Raise$ feet pose#:
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>ie on the oga mat with arms by your si!e an! a%ms $acing the $%oor"
Stretch your bo!y an! s%ow%y raise your %egs at a ?01@0 !egrees ang%e $rom the groun!"
/ee your %egs raise! $or a minute or even more i$ you can ho%! it"
(his asana a%%ows b%oo! circu%ation to the sca% an! thereby hair $o%%ic%es a%%owing it to regrow"
Some other oses that he% growth o$ %ong an! beauti$u% hair are Sarvangasana 8Shou%!er stan!
ose9 an! Sirshasana 8hea!stan! ose9" 'eginners may have a rob%em !oing these two oses"
'ut as your bo!y becomes $%e-ib%e with yoga, you%% $in! the !i$$icu%ties $a!ing away gra!ua%%y"
Ather than these yoga asana, a%so ractice Anuloma Viloma 8a%ternate nostri% breathing9 an!
kapalbhati" (hey he% you become stress1$ree which mean %ess hair %oss"
)oga is a natura% treatment reventing hair %oss an! he% growth o$ new hair" :ractice yoga $or
%ong hair every !ay in the morning with an emty stomach $or best resu%ts"