Brain exercise: Yoga poses that can improve your concentration power

Immediately after you wake up every morning, it is your responsibility to channelise the inner most energy so that your body gets the right amount of fuel to function throughout the day. In this context, yoga and meditation are believed to be most effective.

Concentration power is indispensable to carry out daily activities. With growing age and also due to work pressure our concentration power suffers a serious hit. Therefore, in order to keep it running one needs to include yoga poses and meditation in daily routine.

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Here are 5 best yoga poses which are helpful in improving concentration power:

This is also known as bee breathing. It not just improves concentration, it also removes negative emotions from the body like anger, agitation, anxiety, frustration and stress.

How to do it: Sit straight, close your eyes, place your index finger on your ears. Take deep breath in and out and while doing so make a low humming sound. Continue this for 3-4 times.

Paschimottanasana is where you stretch and bend forward. It works on the brain by stretching and relieving stress from the spine.

How to do it: Sit with legs stretched straight in front of you. Raise your hand and bend forward from the hip joint and upwards. Place your hand on your legs by stretching forward. Make sure your spine is straight in the process. Now, come back to the normal position. Repeat doing this for 2-3 times.

Also known as the bridge pose, Setu Bandhasana is a bit difficult to do. This calms the brain by improving blood circulation.

How to do it: Lie on your back. Bend your knees keeping your feet flat on the floor. Now lift your body upward forming a bridge-like pose. Support your body using your feet and hands. Keep breathing in and out in a gentle manner. Do this for 2-3 times and hold this posture for about 1 minute.

In this you have to rest the entire body on the shoulder. This posture improves the functioning of thyroid and parathyroid glands. Hence this is highly recommended for improvement of cognitive function.

How to do it: Lie on your back. Draw the feet close to the hips and lift the lower body part slowly. Maintain balance by keeping your hand under your hip. Keep going upwards till your body completely rests on your shoulder. Hold this pose for 1 minute and repeat it 2-3 times.

The yoga pose is also known as the plow pose. It stretches the back and neck of the body and relaxes the body by reducing fatigue. It improves blood circulation in the nervous system and hence regulates brain function.

How to do it: Lie on your back, keep your hands straight and parallel to the floor. Bring your knees towards you. Now slowly lift your leg upwards and then gently slant it towards your head. Make sure your hands are straight meanwhile. Touch your leg on the floor just above your head. Hold this position for 5-10 breaths and gently come back to normal position. You can try this for 2-3 times.