Process : Sit on your heels. Keeping your hips on the heels, bend forward, and lower your forehead to the floor. Keep the arms alongside your body with hands on the floor, palms facing up. (If this is not comfortable, you can place one fist on top of another and rest your forehead on them.) Gently press your chest on the thighs. Hold. Slowly come up to sit on the heels, uncurling vertebra by vertebra and relax. Shishuasana is an excellent pose to decongest the chest and relax the mind. Benefits : Shishuasana or shirshasana is an best pose to decongest the chest and relax the mind. CAUTIONS: This pose is advised against the case of high blood pressure, heart palpitations, glaucoma, during menstruation or hiatal hernia.
Process: Heat up water to boiling temperature. Now cautiously pour the hot water into the bowl. Cover the towel over the back of your head. Close your eyes and slowly lower your head toward the vapour about 10 inches away from the water. Avoid making direct contact with the water. Inhale slowly and deeply via the nose for at least two to five minutes. Don’t steam for more than 10-15 minutes per session. However, you can repeat steam therapy twice or thrice in a day to ease congestion or if you still suffer from symptoms. Benefits : The key benefit of inhaling in moist, warm steam is that it may help alleviate irritation and swollen blood vessels in the nasal passages. The vapour may also support thinning of the mucus in your sinuses, which permits them to clear out easily. It also relaxes throat muscles, lessen soreness and inflammation and dilates blood vessels improving blood circulation. This allows breathing to return to normal and help you to breathe well.