visakhapatnam nowadays most common ailments have their roots in excessive stress be it frequent headaches backache depression joint pains stress and anxiety have some role to play and one of the best ways to relieve oneself from excessive stress is including yoga in ones daily routineirrespective of age or profession yoga can be practised by all and it would act as a therapy for overall wellbeing and theres some kind of asanas to address problems affecting each part of the body practising these for 45 minutes to one hour daily with 15 minutes of compulsory meditation can keep many ailments away while asanas can be done for physical health pranayamas right breathing technique and meditation can be practised for mental wellnessassistant professor at the au department of yoga k ramesh babu said pain in various joints such as those of knees and fingers is a common complaint one of the best ways to deal with it in yoga is practising the pawanmuktasana series there are 20 techniques under it regular practising can help gradually decrease the pain again for sinus pain and migraine there are special kriyas such as jalaneti and sutraneti which involves drawing water through the nostrils and getting it out through the mouth again for another common ailment back pain bhujangasana snake pose is helpful while for hypothyroidism sarvangasana relates to the throat region and would be helpfulbesides pregnant women also suffer from swelling of the legs and certain other gynaec problems can get relief by practising pawan muktasanas the concentration level of children can also be enhanced by practising prananyamas and meditation a fit and healthy person can also start his day with suryanamaskarams that would activate all the systems help rejuvenate the cells of the body and improve blood circulation with higher oxygen supply to the cells certain asanas would also be helpful in weight loss but in this case the yoga should be accompanied by healthy and restricted dieting to be effective those already suffering from certain ailments can get relief and the requirement of consuming medicines would come down added ramesh babusavita mahanti happiness programme teacher at art of living stated that there are specialised asanas for spine care including the lower back and hip which has been benefitting many people yoga is after all the union of body breath and mind it synchronises the breath with the body by applying the right breathing technique deep inhalation and deeper and longer exhalation 80 per cent of the toxins from the body can be eliminatedhowever those suffering from high blood pressure or hypertension cardiac problems and diabetes should consult their doctors and yoga experts and undertake asanas and pranayamas only under supervision of yoga instructors added mahantithe various yogasanas have proven benefits not only for a wide array of physical ailments but also has shown to improve the psychological health considerably if practised daily yoga can also address the mental health issues such as mild anxiety and depression by diminishing the stress levels