{"id":1408,"date":"2014-07-09T13:49:29","date_gmt":"2014-07-09T08:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/?p=1408"},"modified":"2022-06-26T10:50:36","modified_gmt":"2022-06-26T05:20:36","slug":"grivasana-neck-posture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/grivasana-neck-posture\/","title":{"rendered":"Grivasana &#8211; Neck Posture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Translation: Griva- Neck; asana- posture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grivasana is an advanced neck strengthening posture. This exercise is often done by wrestlers and martial artists to strengthen their necks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>This is a strenuous posture. If you are not doing it properly then it might compress the vertebrae joints in the neck. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"451\" src=\"http:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-content\/uploads\/Grivasana\u2013Neck-Posture.jpg\" alt=\"Grivasana\u2013Neck-Posture\" class=\"wp-image-2124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-content\/uploads\/Grivasana\u2013Neck-Posture.jpg 600w, https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-content\/uploads\/Grivasana\u2013Neck-Posture-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-content\/uploads\/Grivasana\u2013Neck-Posture-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Steps<\/strong> for Grivasana<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Lie flat on the back<\/li><li>Bend your knees and bring the heel as close to the hips as possible. (Knee and the feet should be slightly separated)<\/li><li>Place the palms on either side of the head.<\/li><li>Inhale, push down on the hands and the feet and raise the trunk placing the crown of your head on the floor.<\/li><li>Cross your arms on the chest. Balance on the head and the feet. This is the final position, hold this for a few seconds breathing normally.<\/li><li>To come out of the posture, place your palms on the side of the head and slowly lower down your body with an exhale.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Benefits:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Strengthens the neck, back, and thighs.<\/li><li>Improves the sense of balance.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Contraindications:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Neck conditions such as spondylitis, or any neck injury.<\/li><li>Arthritis, slipped disc, high blood pressure, coronary diseases, high myopia, serious eye problems, prolapse, and hernia.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking for other postures? Explore our <a href=\"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/all-yoga-postures\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"402\">Yoga poses library<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Translation: Griva- Neck; asana- posture. Grivasana is an advanced neck strengthening posture. This exercise is often done by wrestlers and martial artists to strengthen their necks. This is a strenuous posture. If you are not doing it properly then it might compress the vertebrae joints in the neck. Steps for Grivasana Lie flat on the&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/grivasana-neck-posture\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Grivasana &#8211; Neck Posture<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2124,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[138,136,146,135],"tags":[299,881,300,301,880],"class_list":["post-1408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-yoga-postures","category-backbends","category-core-strengthening","category-inversions","tag-grivasana","tag-neck-bridge","tag-neck-pose","tag-neck-posture","tag-neck-strengthening-pose"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1408"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3821,"href":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1408\/revisions\/3821"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}