International Yoga Day 2020: Tired Of Colouring Hair? Fight Grey Hair With These Yoga Poses

Tried everything to hide those gray hair? Nothing can be more traumatizing for a woman than graying hair before the age of 40. Premature graying of hair can be seen in many young women and mostly the reason behind it is stress, lifestyle changes and sometimes it can be due to natural deficiency of nutrients. Trying out various medicines, or hair dying may not work but yes yoga can work as it increases the blood circulation in the scalp which promotes healthy hair growth. Some yoga poses can help you deal with your graying hair and give you healthy and naturally black hair. This international yoga day 2020, you should try these easy poses for beautiful hair.

Trikonasana (Triangle Pose)

• Stand still with your legs about 3 feet apart.
• Now raise both your hands in a straight line with your shoulders.
• Bending towards the left side, touch the toes of your left leg with your right hand.
• Raise the left hand towards the ceiling and look up towards your left hand.
• Hold the position for 60-90 seconds.
• Repeat the same with the right side.

Apanasana (Knees to Chest Pose)

• Lie flat on the floor with your back straight.
• Now fold legs at your knees and bring them closer to your chest.
• Hold tour knee chaps with your palms, with your fingers facing the feet.
• Inhale by straightening the arms and take the legs away from you.
• Exhale and bring the legs close to you.
• Repeat this movement for about 2 minutes and then do a side twist with your knees folded.

Rubbing Nails

• Fold the fingers of both your palms and bring them together.
• Now, rub the surface of fingernails and leave out the thumbs.

Bhramari Pranayama

• Sit comfortably on the floor and keep your hands on your knees.
• Take a deep breath through your nostrils.
• Now exhale forcefully through your nostrils making a hissing sound till you have breathed out all the air emptying your lungs.
• Make sure your abdomen won’t contract or blow up here. Use the chest only.
• Repeat this exercise 10-15 times.

Matsyasana (Fish Pose)

• Lie down flat on the floor keeping hands beside your thighs with palms facing downwards.
• Now keel your hands beneath your hips.
• Inhale deeply and lift your chest and head.
• And look to the wall behind you. Your hips should be on the floor.
• Rest your torso on the elbows and the crow of the head, while holding the position for 30 seconds.
• Exhale and carefully straighten your head.
• Return back to your original position.
• Repeat this exercise 10-15 times.

Adho Mukha Savasana (Downward Facing Dog Pose)

• Sit on the fours with your knee and palm touching the ground.
• Raise your knees and stretch your legs to support your toes and exhale the air.
• Pull your hips upwards so that your body is in the shape of an inverted V.
• Hold this position for a minute.
• Repeat it 10-15 times.

Pavanmuktasan (Wind Releasing Pose)

• Lie flat on the ground. Fold your left leg at the knee.
• Hold the knee with both your arms.
• Now, lift the leg and bring it close to your chest still clasping knee with hand.
• Exhale to raise your head and shoulders and bring your nose close to the knee as much as possible.
• Stay like this for 20 seconds.
• Repeat the same exercise with right leg.