Yoga Poses For Prostate Health

Yoga Poses For Prostate Health
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Doing yoga regularly can prevent, delay, or even reverse the enlargement of the prostate. This Buzzle
article describes some yoga poses that help in maintaining prostate health.
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Yoga: The Perfect Exercise

Yoga combines cardiovascular and strength workouts
in one package, providing the perfect workout for the
entire body. It strengthens muscles and connecting
tissue, and also increases your endurance.
Prostate problems are common among aged or elderly males.
Though the primary effects of prostate problems are related to
urination, they can indicate the onset of prostate cancer.
The prostate gland's main function is adding volume to semen;
about 50-70 percent of semen is made up of prostate secretions.
But due to its location - it is situated below the urinary bladder,
and surrounds the urethra - its maladies severely affect the
urinary system.
The most common prostate problems are prostatitis, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), and prostate
cancer. All of these can be prevented, delayed, or at least alleviated, by strengthening the muscles in the
hips and lower abdomen, and improving circulation in those areas.
Several yoga poses can help in strengthening the aforementioned muscle sets and, like any exercise,
improving blood flow. Here are some of the easiest and the most effective.
DISCLAIMER: This article is meant as a guideline, and not as a replacement to medical advice. Professional medical
advice should be sought before starting any exercise routine. In the case of yoga, it is imperative to consult your
doctor - especially if you have a preexisting spinal or cardiac condition.

Chest To Knee
One of the most basic poses, this one isn't even strictly part of any yoga routine, but can help massively in
relieving the stress on the muscles in the hips and lower back.
Lie on your back, and pull your knees towards your chest. Don't lift your upper body, and concentrate on
moving the legs towards the chest, and not the other way round. This exercise relieves the pressure on the
lower back, and stretches the muscles in the hips and thighs, improving circulation in the area.
Navasana (Boat Pose)
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This asana is named after the superficial resemblance of the practitioner to the shape of a boat.
Lie on your back. Lift both legs and arms simultaneously and without bending. This asana can be done in
two ways: paripurna (complete) navasana, and ardha (half) navasana. If performing the former, maintain
an angle of about 45 degrees between your upper and lower body; increase the angle to about 60-75
degrees if doing the ardha navasana.
Dhanurasana (Bow Pose)
As in the boat pose, the name of this asana derives from the superficial resemblance of the practitioner to a
stretched bow (dhanu means 'bow' in Sanskrit).
Lie on the floor facing downwards. Grasp your legs with your hands, and raise yourself into the bow pose.
Engage the abdominal muscles to support the shape.
This asana is beneficial to the spine, and improves circulation in the abdomen and hips.
Virabhadrasana (Warrior Pose)
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Stand erect. Stretch one leg forward, and adopt a stance similar to a lunge. Lift your hands either side of
your head, and if possible stretch them behind.
This asana, with the backward stretching motion of the spine, is particularly helpful for spinal health, and
also confers the same benefits as a lunge.
Hastapadasana
Stand erect. Bend down, and extend your arms as far down your legs as you can, while keeping your legs
straight. If you can't reach the toes, don't stretch beyond your capability.
This asana stretches the hamstring, the calves and increases blood flow into the sacral region.
Ashtanga Namaskara
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This asana is much like a push up, and takes its name from the number of points where your body touches
the floor: ashta means eight in Sanskrit, and anga means body parts.
Take up a plank position. Lower yourself into the 'low' position of a push up, and raise your hips above
your chest and knees. Your body should be touching the floor at the chin (1), chest (1), palms (2), knees
(2), and toes (2).
If some of these asanas prove to be too difficult for you, try surya namaskara, or sun salutations. This is a
set sequence of 7 distinct asanas, and is perfect if you are very much at the beginner level. Surya
namaskara imparts lasting benefits to the entire body. The last two asanas in this list of asanas are, in fact,
part of the sequence of sun salutations.
Like in all yoga, don't force yourself into completing the asana by twisting and jerking your body into it. If
you can't naturally do the full pose, maintain the pose at the maximum you can, without discomforting
yourself.
Prostate problems can range from irritating to fatal. The best cure, as always, is prevention. Practicing yoga
will help you do just that. Combined with the right diet, regularly performing these yoga poses can improve
your health no end.
By Tanmay Tikekar
Published: July 20, 2013
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