Wrist Stretches Yoga Pose

It is important to warm up your wrists before engaging in most yoga poses; many require you to bear weight on your wrists. The following are some basic wrist stretches and warm-ups you can use to prevent injury and increase flexibility:

• Get down on your hands and knees; place your hands directly above your shoulders and your knees above your hips. Fold your hands under so that your palms face up and your fingers point toward your knees. Breathe in and rock your body forward slightly, moving gently. Breathe out and slowly move back. Repeat this motion at least four times.
• Stand tall and stretch out your right arm in front of you with your palm facing down. Relax your wrist, letting your fingers drop down. Use your left hand to grasp these fingers and gently pull them back toward your body.
• Press your hands against each other as if you were praying. Lower your hands gently until you feel a stretch. Hold the stretch for 10-15 seconds, then release. Repeat
• Hold your elbows against your sides with each hand in a soft fist. Keeping your elbows against your sides, move your wrists in a figure eight motion. Continue this motion for 10 to 15 seconds, then rest and repeat.

Warming Up For Yoga

• Everybody knows the importance of stretching before running or working out, but what kind of warm-up does yoga require? While traditional stretching is helpful before performing yoga, since most yoga poses are advanced stretches in and of themselves, there are a number of yoga positions you can use to warm up before you delve into the more involved practice.
• The unique aspect of warming up for yoga is the process of centering oneself, at the same time you wake up your muscles. A yoga physical warm-up is also a mental warm-up that allows you to move away from your other preoccupations and reach a calm mental stance that will assist you in further yoga work.
• An ideal yoga warm-up will include poses that involve both your upper and lower body. It should incorporate stretches that attend to your wrists, your neck, and your spine, key parts of your body that receive the most work when you’re doing yoga. In this chapter, you will discover some great poses you can use as part of your personal warm-up routine.

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1. Which is the Sanskrit root (verb form) for the etymological derivation of the word “Yoga”?
(A) Yug
(B) Yuge
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2. Who was the Yoga Guru of Swami Kuvalayananda?
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(B) 03
(C) 04
(D) 06

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II. Sahita Pranayama
III. Bahyabhyantara Vishayakshepi Pranayana
IV. Kevali Pranayama
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Assertion (A): Pashchimōttanasana is contraindicated in sciatica.
Reason (R): Pashchimōttanasana is a type of forward bending asana.
All types of forward bending asanas should be contraindicated in sciatica. In the context of above two statements, which one of the following is correct?
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(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

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9. In which of the following text ‘Bhujangikaran’ Pranayama is described?
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(C) Hatha Ratnavali
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(D) Physical disorders originated in Manomaya Kosha.

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11. Which day is celebrated as ‘International Day of Yoga’?
(A) June 20
(B) June 21
(C) June 22
(D) June 23
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