Anatomy of the reason why you practiced the wrong yoga: Can't sleep after practicing yoga? Do you really know why?

I saw someone asking: I couldn't fall asleep after practicing yoga, and I struggled until 2:00 in the middle of the night before falling asleep. I saw some people answer again: Because you are not focused! Because you're done looking at your phone! Because you didn't relax after practice! Is it really? As a "people who can't fall asleep after practicing yoga", I will analyze the real answer for you.

Because few people practice Ashtanga late at night, so I will explain this reason later, most of the people who can't sleep after practicing yoga, the main reason is because - you do too much The asana that stimulates the heart chakra and solar plexus!

[Let's talk about the heart chakra - "heart is full of joy"]

The heart chakra is located in the middle of the chest cavity, and the central position of the line connecting the two breasts coincides with the position of the Tanzhong point in Chinese medicine in the front view. However, the chakra in yoga does not float on the surface of the body, but is located on the axis of the body. , so the three-dimensional position will be slightly towards the middle of the body.

Each chakra in yoga theory is surrounded by a different number of glands, accessory glands, and nervous systems, where the chakra expresses the power of the mind and emotions through the hormones of the glands controlled by the chakra. which in turn affects our behavior.

In every yoga asana, the glands and organs are put under pressure for a period of time in the form of compression and relaxation, thereby changing the hormone secretion of the glands.

What will your glandular response look like when you do yoga asanas to stimulate the heart chakra? Have you heard of "excited"? This idiom can tell you vividly that when you follow the teacher's instruction to "open your heart to the sky", you have already simulated the opening process of "heart flower" very well, and then you must be excited .

[Solar plexus - sympathetic nerve excitation]

The sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves that innervate various organs intertwine with each other to form a neural network, forming many plexuses in the abdominal cavity, the most important of which is the solar plexus. It spreads out around the navel, just like the sun emits light, so it is called the solar plexus. The location is shown in the figure.

The solar plexus chakra is responsible for alerting crises and negative situations, and for converting slower vibrational frequencies, such as tissue and food, into faster vibrational frequencies, such as those associated with subtle dimensions of love, intuition, and self-expression.

Asanas such as "back bending" stimulate the solar plexus very well, triggering the activity of the sympathetic nervous system and parasympathetic nervous system. When the sympathetic nervous system is strongly stimulated, it will speed up your heartbeat and promote metabolism. . Then you lose sleep.

[So, which asanas have the effect of promoting insomnia? 】

All backbends, the ones that direct you to open your chest, will stimulate your heart chakra and solar plexus, simple enough. Backbends such as wheel pose, king dancer pose, camel pose, and the crescent moon in sun salutation pose can also be stimulating if you open your chest up and back slightly.

Therefore, when practicing yoga at night, it is enough to keep extending the arms upward in the backbend. It is not recommended that you do backbends too much, especially if you are too engaged in doing them.

【What postures can you do to help you sleep? 】

Forward bends are good asanas for sleep.

"In forward bends, the abdominal organs are squeezed. This has a unique effect on the nervous system: when these organs relax, the forebrain is calmed and blood flow to the entire brain is adjusted. The sympathetic nervous system gets Rest, which slows the pulse and lowers the blood pressure. The senses are relieved and the senses are relaxed. The adrenal glands are relaxed and can function more efficiently.”

—Excerpt from Iyengar Yoga, p. 64.

There is also yin yoga, most of which will lead you into a state of calm.

[Another reason - excessive exercise and insufficient relaxation]

If anyone actually does ashtanga at night, your problem should have more to do with exercise overproducing too much keorphin. This stuff makes people happy, but too much and you can't sleep.

Insufficient relaxation can keep your sympathetic nervous system tense and cause insomnia.

Well, the most important point has been made clear, can you sleep well after yoga? Do you know what to do?

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