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Plough Pose / Halasana
by Sri Swami Sivananda
of The Divine Life Society
This pose tones the spinal nerves, the muscles of the back, the vertebral bones and the sympathetic nervous system that runs along the vertebral column on both sides. The muscles of the back are pulled and stretched. Therefore, a large quantity of blood is poured into the spinal roots of nerves, spinal cord, sympathetic ganglia, sympathetic nerves and muscles of the back. Hence, they are all well nourished. Various sorts of myalgia (muscular rheumatism), lumbago, sprain and neuralgia are cured by this pose. The vertebral column is rendered very soft and elastic, thus preventing the early ossification (hardening) of the vertebral bones. A man who practises plough pose can never become lazy. He is very nimble, agile and full of energy. Obesity or corpulence and habitual or chronic constipation, chronic gastritis, congestion and enlargement of the liver and spleen are also cured.
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