9 Simple Yoga poses for better sleep

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Now a days the problem of insomnia is getting more and more common. Insomniac people feel trouble in having sound sleep. While sleeping our body parts performs several essential functions which gets disturbed due lack of proper sleep. Now only this, its results into other associated health issues like heart problems, anxiety, depression etc. But there is nothing to worry, getting a good sleep is not a nightmare. This is what anyone can achieve and that too without medicines.

Yoga practice is great for various health conditions and instantly makes you feel relaxed stress free. There are some simple Yoga poses that can actually help to sleep tight. Before going to these pose, lets discuss some important things:

- You can practice these poses before going to bed, but just make sure that there should be the gap of at least 2 hour between dinner and practicing poses. Moreover, this should be included in daily habit that one should take dinner at least 1 to 2 hours before going to the bed because the huge amount of energy required for digestion can be detrimental to the sleep.

- All these yoga poses should be practiced without staining yourself. Make sure to feel comfortable and relaxed.

1.  Baddha Konasana:

Baddha Konasana(credits: en.wikipedia.org)

Practicing this regulates the digestive system and alleviates fatigue, thus promotes better sleep.

2. Janu Sirsasana : 

Janu Sirsansana (credits:wikipedia.org)

This yoga pose serves benefits in different ways- it relieves insomnia and makes you tension free, helps in curing depression and also stimulates proper functioning of liver and kidney.

Note: make sure not to over stretch yourself and people with back injury should avoid this pose.

3. Upavistha Konasana :

Upvistha Konasana(credits: brigiddineen.com)

This pose helps the abdomen organs work better & clams brain. This is one of the de-stressing YOGA.

4. Reclined twist:

Reclining Twist(credits:yogaflavoredlife.com)

It releases the stress from the muscles of ribs & spine.

5. Viparita Karani :

Viparita Karni pose(credits:spiritualityhealth.com)

This pose increases the blood circulation in upper part of the body and makes you feel enegetic.

6. Salabhasana (Locust Pose):

salabh asna(credits:yogaoutlet.com)

7. Uttanasana (Standing Forward Bend):

Uttanasana(credits:yogaifschool.com)

8. Prasarita Padottanasana :

Prasarita Padottanasana (Credits:yogabasics.com)

9. Savasana (Corpse Pose):

Savasana(credits :breakingmuscle.com)

This pose brings ultimate feeling of calmness to the body and peacefulness to the mind. It also relieves any kind of metal or muscular tension and lower the blood pressure.