Wednesday 28 January 2015

Yoga for soldiers


2013 Aerobathon - Camp Humphreys, South Korea - 16 March 2013
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Many  soldiers  can  be suffering in  chronic  pain   from   an  injury  of   battle  or  mock  combat  ,  wearing  heavy  body  armor  on  the  march.
Yoga  exercise  is  very  useful  to  treat  soldier's  pain.
There  are   various  yoga  exercises   for  soldier  in  many  countries.



Here's  7 benefits  of  yoga  for  soldiers !!!


1. Yoga  is  an  answer  to  train  your  brain  for  positive  thinking.
   One  positive  thinking  in  the  morning  can  change  your  day  and  life.
   Positive  thinking  is   one  of  the  important  things  for  soldiers  because
   it  sees  the  invisible, feels  the intangible  and  accomplishes  the  impossible.

2. Concentration  can  be  improved  through  the  yoga  training.
   Concentration  is  the  root  of  all  the  higher abilities  in  man. 
   -Bruce Lee


3. Yoga  can  relieve  the  stress   that   soldiers  are  suffering.
   To  reduce  the  stress  and  anxiety  is   a  relaxation,  a  meditation, a music,
    massage  and  dance.
   Eating  an  banana  is  a  natural  therapeutic  food   to  reduce  the  stress.
   Asking  for  and  accepting  help  from  others  is  a  step  to  release  the  stress.
  4. Our  body  will  be  turned  to  the  body   can  accept  the  right  foods.

5. The  muscles  can  be  soften  through  yoga  practice.

6. Yoga  corrects  a  bad  posture  to  correct  a  spine.

7. The  body  of  soldiers  will  be  healthier  to  stimulate  a  meridian
   system  flowing  the  energy  and  the  blood.




Sierra Garudasana
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Eagle  pose  - Yoga  pose  for  soldiers


Benefit  of  eagle  pose
: Practicing  eagle  pose  regularly  increase  the  concentration, balance,
control  power  and  ability  to  think.

: Eagle  pose   helps   our  energy  and  our  blood  flows   our  whole  body.
: Eagle  pose   also  strengthen  the  muscle  of  the  ankle  and  the  knee. 



How to  do  eagle pose
Step 1.
   Start  by  standing  erect  with   the  feet  together  and  tighten  the  hip
    and  thigh  while  straighten  the  spine.

Step 2.
   Raise  your  right  legs  at  the  90  degrees   and   wrap  the  left  calf  using
  the  top of the foot.

Step 3.
Overlap  the  left  elbow  in  the  inner part of  right  elbow, then  bend  the
upper body   forward.




Health  tip  - What  is  a  chronic  pain?

Chronic  pain  is   any  pain  you  suffer  more  than  1  year.

An  injury  like  a  back  sprain  while   receiving  military  exercise  can  get  a

chronic  pain.