Yoga postures to boost my immunity

Boost your immunity with an immune yoga session .

As you probably know, the benefits of yoga are numerous! Reducing stress, improving sleep, increasing flexibility are just a few. But one of the benefits that you may not suspect is that this discipline strengthens your immune defenses. How? Through Pranayama exercises as well as inverted and opening postures that will circulate the lymph, purify your blood and increase the oxygenation of your body. It is therefore ideal to practice immunity yoga asanas during the winter or an epidemic where all the little microbes circulate. Especially if you are stressed or tired during this period! Indeed, stress and fatigue are known to weaken the immune system. Thus, you will be less likely to get sick or you will heal more quickly. However, yoga is not a substitute for medical advice and treatment.

How to Boost Your Body's Immunity with Immune Defense Yoga?

Yoga is good for your joints, muscles and mind, but also for your immune system, the basis of your self-healing. Thus, practiced regularly, this art helps to better react to winter viruses or during an epidemic. The postures stimulate the internal organs. Your blood is purified. And most importantly, toxins are eliminated from your body, because the lymphatic system is also working.

So, yoga for immunity can be summed up as:

• Breathing exercises (Pranayama),
• Inverted postures, changing the direction of blood circulation to purify it and promoting the movement of lymph (body fluid that eliminates toxins),
• Asanas to open the rib cage to increase oxygenation of your body.

Some yoga postures for immunity

The half-candle posture (Viparati Karani)

The half candle asana, an inversion posture, is excellent for reversing the direction of blood circulation to increase oxygenation in your body. In addition, this position also acts on your stress level, which lowers immunity! To perform this yoga posture for immune defenses , lie down on a yoga mat and put your legs in the air against a wall, either straight or bent. Your buttocks also touch the wall. As for your arms, they are crossed on each side of your body, palm facing the ground.

Stork Pose (Uttanasana)

The stork asana is very simple to do. Stand up, raise your arms towards the sky or to the side and lower your upper body forward. If you can, touch the ground, otherwise help yourself with a yoga block if you lack flexibility. Why do this yoga posture to boost immunity ? Thanks to this inversion position, blood and vital energy are sent towards the head, but also to the vital organs. Tensions in the face are evacuated. Be careful, this asana is contraindicated if you have high blood pressure.

Cobra pose (Bhujangasana)

During an immune yoga session , you can't miss the cobra pose. Why? It's an opening asana that opens the heart (the heart chakra more precisely) and the lungs, but also promotes digestion. Your stress is reduced and your energy increased. Simply lie on your stomach on a yoga mat. Palms on the floor at chest level, enter your pelvis into the mat and push on your hands. However, if you have back problems or if you are not very flexible, do not go too high (for example, stay on your forearms).

Downward Facing Dog Pose (Adho Mukha Svanasana)

A true inverted asana and yoga posture for immunity , the downward dog favors the release of the sinuses, the circulation of blood and lymph. And this is facilitated by the fact that your heart is higher than your head. To perform it, place yourself on all fours on your mat, then push on your arms and legs, while keeping your back straight. Your legs can be bent if you lack flexibility.

Camel Pose (Ustrasana)

This immunity yoga pose is a shoulder-opening asana that helps improve your breathing. Your thyroid gland, located in your neck, also works. It produces the hormones Triiodothyronine and Thyroxine (thyroid hormones), while regulating certain functions such as your body's energy expenditure. To reproduce this asana, kneel on your yoga mat, without sitting on your feet. Then, lean back, and with your hands grab your ankles or if you can't do it, place your hands on your hips while arching your back.

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