| Yoga asanas are a great benefit in controlling high | | | | circulate more freely into the aortic arch and thereby |
| blood pressure. By practicing these asanas, you will not | | | | lowering your pressure. |
| only lower your numbers but also reduce the effects | | | | Sitting Asanas |
| of hypertension on the other organs in the body. Here | | | | Baddhakonasana and Virasana are two poses that will |
| are three types of asanas that work to reduce your | | | | help alleviate the hard breathing associated with |
| blood pressure. | | | | hypertension. With the tension eliminated from your ribs |
| Forward Bends | | | | and the intercostal muscles, you will be breathing easier |
| Forward Bends will have the most profound effect. | | | | and your blood pressure will normalize. |
| These particular exercises have a calming effect on | | | | Supine and Inversions |
| the brain by normalizing the blood circulation to your | | | | Supine poses such as Supta Baddhakonasana relax |
| brain. This in turn helps reduce the stress from the | | | | the abdominal region specifically and help calm the |
| sense organs. | | | | nerves in the entire body. The calming effect of |
| With the brain, the sympathitic nervous system and the | | | | relaxing the nerves helps reduce your hypertensive |
| sense organs more relaxed, your cardiac output and | | | | tendency. |
| pulse rate also slow down, stabilizing and thus lowering | | | | Inversions asanas such as Viparita Karanti and |
| your blood pressure. | | | | Halasana work to revitalize the nerves controlling your |
| There are two asanas in particular, Uttanasana and | | | | lungs and diaphragm. Svanasana and Pranayama help |
| Adhomukha Svanasana, which have beneficial effects | | | | control the automatic nervous system by cooling the |
| on your nervous system. These positions are done | | | | senses and the mind, allowing high blood pressure to |
| with your head resting on props, allowing the blood to | | | | stabilize and gradually lower. |