Plough pose : Halasana

Today, Kru Nok brings the Halasana (Plough pose) to you. During practice this halasana massages all the internal organs, activates the digestion, releiving constipation and dyspepsia, revitalises the spleen and the suprarenal glands, promotes the production of insulin by the pancreas and improves liver and kidney function. It strengthens the abdominal muscles ,relieves spasms in the back muscles, tones the spinal nerves , improving the sympathetic nervous system, and increase blood circulation to the whole area. Good for activities of the thyroid gland which balances the body’s metabolic rate and stimulates the thymus gland, boosting the immune system.

It’s used in yoga therapy for the management of asthma, bronchitis, constipation, hepatitis, urinary tract and menstrual disorder, thyroild.

Neck and back pain, high blood pressure should avoid the practice this pose.