Yoga postures for keeping prostrate healthy and away from problems.
Your prostate is a small gland roughly the size and shape of a walnut, a vital part of the male reproductive tract. It is situated at the base of your penis, in front of your rectum and right below your bladder. It surrounds the urethra from where it connects to the bladder. If the prostate grows larger – which normally happens later in life – it obstructs the flow of urine and that makes it so much harder for the bladder to discharge urine. Ultimately, the bladder becomes thicker and starts to have far too many spasms for you to bear. In due course, the extra effort weakens the bladder muscles, and the urine cannot be completely emptied. All of this causes extreme discomfort and many other complications. Symptoms of an enlarged prostate include:
- Difficulty in urinating
- Continuous dribble, post-urination
- A disappointing feeling of not having emptied the bladder completely
- Burning urination
- A recurrent feeling to empty the bladder, particularly at nights
- A sudden rush that goes with the feeling of urination
Yoga for the prostate
There are specifically 6 yoga poses that every man should do to help move and stretch his internal hip region. Since the prostate gland is situated right behind the pubic bone, there is no straight access to it. Hence yoga exercises and poses (that stretch the muscles running past the prostate gland), are the best way to exercise the entire hip region. We do this by mainly using the Psoas and Illiacus muscles.
- Paripurna Navasana (Full Boat Pose) – This is a deep hip flexor and abdominal strengthener. For this you will have to balance on the tripod of your tailbone and sit bones.
- Sirshasana (Headstand) – If you are able to stand on your head in proper alignment you will invert the flow of blood and all body fluids, thereby, giving temporary relief to all the organs, from their usual downward gravitational pressure.
- Supta Padangusthasana (Reclining Big Toe Pose) – This asana (yoga pose) provides a lot of relief to the region of the hips, waist and pelvis as well as the back. It also gives a good stretch to the hips, calves and hamstring muscles.
- Sarvangasana (Shoulderstand) – The Shoulderstand should be done with a blanket placed for support under your shoulders. Here, too, you invert the flow of all body fluids and give that much needed relief to all the organs of the abdominal region from their normal downward gravitational pressure.
- Baddha-Konasana (The Bound Angle Pose) – In Sanskrit, Baddha means bound, restrained, or caught. Kona means angle or corner. This, therefore, is a restrained foot angle posture. This Yogasana (pose) gives a very good twist and stretch to the whole pelvic region, from the abdomen downwards.
- Ardha Matsyendrasana (The Half Spinal Twist Pose) – This pose is named after the sage Matsyendra. This is a seated pose and is the ultimate twist anyone could possibly give to his abdomen and pelvis.
All these asanas (poses) if done in combination and regularly will preclude all possibilities of any pelvic problems at any stage in life.
