Yoga for Sleep Disorders

The above video shows a sequence of yoga poses for people suffering from sleep disorders or better sleep quality.

  1. Baddha Konasana (Sanskrit: Baddha means bounded and Kona means angle) of the Bound Angle pose
  2. Markatasana (Sanskrit: Markat means monkey) of the Monkey pose
  3. Setu Bandha Sarvangasana (Sanskrit: Setu means bridge, Bandha means locked, Sarva means all, and Anga means limbs) of the Bridge pose
  4. Matsyasana (Sanskrit: Matsya means fish) of the Fish pose
  5. Savasana (Sanskrit: Sava means corpse) of the Corpse pose

Matsyasana or the Fish pose is a back-bending posture is an ancient yoga referenced in the 17th century Gheranda Samhita, a standard yoga text written by sage Gheranda. Also, in his classical yoga text, Light on Yoga (1966), BKS Iyengar mentions that the Matsyasana relates to the Fish incarnation of God Vishnu, the source and maintainer of the universe and all things.

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