Headache is one the most common health problems that we suffer from. Busy lifestyle, stress, work pressure and several other things form a cocktail and lead to headache. Since we suffer so often from headaches, we have actually started treating it as a minor problem. We often pop pills when our head starts throbbing with pain. However some yoga poses can cure headache naturally.
Everybody knows that painkillers do you no good. So save yourself the pills, and try some yoga poses for headache relief. Some of these yoga poses are for migraine headaches specifically. Migraine is a chronic cause of headache. That is why you might want to try yoga poses for migraine headaches. The other yoga poses for headaches are for tension and stress.
You have several kinds of headaches. You can get a headache due to lack of sleep, fatigue or even due to cold. Identify the type of headache you have and try these yoga poses to relieve it.
In this position, you have to sit with your feet folded under you. Then bend your body forward and stretch your arms out together. Your head should be bent down and touched to the ground.
Sirsasana is a total headstand. Often, the blood supply to the brain is interrupted and that causes headache. So, try the total headstand to improve blood circulation to the brain.
Sometimes when you are feeling stiff and painful, a little movement can shake away headache. Stretch to your side with both your arms or with one arm at your waist.
This is the downward facing dog position. You have to bend your body at the waist. You have to touch the ground at least 3 feet away from your feet with your hands. You should be facing down towards the floor all this while.
This is the wide legged forward bend position in yoga that works on the blood circulation in your entire body. Stand with your legs wide apart. Then bend at the waist and touch the floor with your hand.
This yoga asana is a very common one. Stretch your legs forward at 90 degrees. Now bend with your face down and stretch your arms to touch your toes. Your face should be buried in your thighs.
This is a twisted position that requires you to coil your limbs with each other. Wrap your left leg over your right and bend your right leg at the knees. Similarly, wrap your left hand over your right hand and bend your right hand at the elbows.
Stand straight with your legs together and bend down from the waist to hold your ankles. In this yoga asana, your head should be away from your legs.
Sit on your legs folded on knees and balance yourself with your hands. Now slowly raise your body by balancing your weight on your toes.
Sit on the ground with a straight back. Then take one arm towards you back from above your head and the other behind your shoulder. Hold hands behind your back. This helps to stretch the shoulders and thus clears your head.