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Durable easy beauty tips

Durable And Easy Beauty Tips

Everyday easy to follow and durable beauty tips helps to keep our skin, hair and body parts healthy. Try these tips to feel better in and out.

  1. To remove eye bags – Place cut cucumber and or cold tea bags on eyes. This reduces puffiness under eyes
  2. Tired of looking tired and feeling lethargic? – Consider reducing or say no to sugar. Reduce salt or say no to salt. Drink plenty water and fresh fruit juice.
  3. Consider applying slightly warm coconut oil on face, hands and feet to have healthy skin and nails.
  4. Massage hair using sesame oil at night and wash hair in the morning using warm water for healthy hair.
  5. Don’t cut your hair end too often. Give a gap of 4 to 6 months. This will help hair to retain texture and supports growth.
  6. Keep your skin moisturized to get the glow and soft look. Whether it is winter, spring or summer. Don’t forget skin friendly moisturizer
  7. Apply moisturizer on hands, legs and face before going to bed. Morning when you wake up you will have better skin feel.
  8. Applying Vaseline on knees and elbows helps to get rid of roughness.
  9. For easy make up removal and to protect skin, use Vaseline.
  10. Exfoliating skin before going to bed is good idea. Exposing exfoliated skin to sunlight can cause irritation and give burning sensation.
  11. If you are exfoliating, do not over exfoliate as it could cause problem to skin texture.
  12. Applying vitamin E oil to finger and toenails helps to reduce brittleness.

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Author: Sumana Rao | Posted on: February 25, 2022
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Purple revolution

Purple Revolution In Kashmir Valley As Farmers Focus on Lavender Farming

Lavender cultivation is gaining momentum in North State of Jammu and Kashmir, India. India celebrated National startup day on January 16th. On this occasion, Union Ministry of Science & Technology  through the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research’s (CSIR) Aroma Mission launched The Purple Revolution Also known as Lavender Revolution in Jammu and Kashmir state.

Focus of this mission is to take advantage of the geographical conditions and to increase the homegrown market along with farmers income. In recent years this state is facing drought condition and farmers turned to lavender to beat the drought replacing maize with lavender.

Lavender designated as Doda brand product, Doda is the birthplace of India’s Purple Revolution (Aroma Mission), says Dr Jitendra Singh while chairing the District Development Coordination & Monitoring Committee (DISHA) meetings of districts Doda and Kishtwar respectively. And lavender can be promoted under ‘One District, One Product’ initiative of the Modi Government to attract Agri- StartUps, entrepreneurs, and farmers.

Lavender essential oil is one of the most popular aromatic oil in aroma industry. The demand for this aromatic oil is high in India and worldwide. It is used in potpourri, sachets, floral arrangements, cosmetics, hydrosol, soaps, baby products and room fresheners.

The Aroma mission helps to improve farmers livelihood and doubling their income. CSIR introduced high -value essential oil-bearing lavender crop through Indian Institute of Integrative Medicines (IIIM) in Kishtwar, Rajouri and Doda districts. After introducing the aromatic saplings Lavender cultivation is practiced in many districts of J & K. Farmers are also provided with distillation units and trained to extract the oil. This is helping farmers to grow lavender as well as sell the products. Now many farmers have become entrepreneurs in lavender oil production.  Now the crop is also introduced in Ramban, Pulwama and other neighboring districts. Within few years of time, Aroma mission has become popular and lavender farming became a popular option for Agricultural Startups in this region.

The cultivation of one of the most popular essentials oil crop has generated rural employment, spurred entrepreneurship and farmers showed interest in getting to know aromatic products manufacturing. Their enthusiasm resulted in lowering the import of essential and aromatic oils!

Bharat Bhushan is one of the farmers who made huge profit within two years of growing this essential oil crop. Says Bhushan “ Lavender, a drought resistant crop can be grown on poor soil and likes lots of sun but needs little water. I started lavender farming in 2010 with encouragement of IIIM, Jammu. It is easy to grow and does not need much irrigation and cow dung manure is used. Seeing my success many followed suit and many farmers have become part of self-help groups are engaged in this occupation. I have two nurseries that sell lavender sapling for propagation”.

After seeing the profits nearly 500 farmers who were suffering from drought condition and could not cultivate maize now switched to grow lavender perennial crop. Another advantage of growing lavender is, women who could not leave village for jobs are employed in these fields and distilleries. This profitable crop made many women self-reliant in the area.

In India, with CSIR’s Aroma mission, medicinal and aromatic plants are being cultivated in 6000 hectares of land. It has generated nearly 12 lakh employment and Rs. 60 crores worth of essential oil being produced in past two years.  Farmers are making profits and have improved their lifestyle by cultivating and producing lavender essential oil.

CSIR’s Aroma mission was launched in  2016 is encouraging and helping those farmers whose livelihoods affected by the climate change to grow profitable crops such as lavender, rosemary and lemongrass, and medicinal plants such as ashwagandha. It provides cuttings, helps in setting up distillation units for clusters of 50 farmers, tests oil quality and helps find buyers. Through Aroma mission’s Phase II Purple revolution so far, more than 44,000 people are trained and throughout India CSIR helped to cultivate 6000 hectares land. Government is also planning to introduce other aromatic and medicinal cash crops in J&K.

https://mib.gov.in/pib/29ad1912c4011d153976f8b5703e222c

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Author: Sumana Rao | Posted on: February 22, 2022
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Remedies for premature hair greying

Home Remedies for Premature Graying of Hair

Premature graying of hair is a condition that affects millions of people. For some people it does not bother but for many it is a great deal for various reasons. Hair growth depends on how we take care of them and how we nurture our body.

Reasons for premature graying of hair:

Nourishment of hair depends on the nutrients that are carried to scalp by blood stream. Sebum secreted by the sebaceous glands in the scalp is responsible for hair color and health. The two primary causes for premature gray hair are: Improper diet and stress. Other reasons are lack of important nutrients such as Vitamin B, copper, iodine, iron in our diet.

Our negative emotions – anxiety, worries, stress, anger, fear have adverse affect on hair health. People who go through lot of stress will end up in hair loss or premature graying of hair. The negative impact on mind effects body and it interferes in supply of nutrients.

Improper hair care, using too much hair dryer, washing hair too often and using hot water to wash hair, chronic conditions including constipation and hereditary are other reasons for premature gray hair. Using hair dye at young age can alter the chemical nature and interfere with hair protein structure causing gray hair.

Home remedies of premature hair graying:

Indian gooseberry:

  1. Use shampoos that contain Indian gooseberry (amla) for washing hair. It helps to rejuvenate hair follicles and promotes pigmentation.
  2. A mixture of coconut oil and amla powder can be applied overnight to hair and wash in the morning.
  3. Boil amla pieces in coconut or sesame oil and apply the oil to hair to stop greying.
  4. Massage scalp in amla soaked water once or twice a week while washing hair.
  5. Mix amla juice with almond oil and few drops of lime juice and apply on the scalp. Leave it overnight and wash hair in the morning.

Henna:

  1. Applying henna once in two weeks or once a month will help hair to grow and will retains pigmentation.
  2. Mix henna powder, amla powder, lemon juice, beetroot juice and black tea to prepare a paste. Apply on hair to get pigmentation and good hair.
  3. Boil henna leaves in coconut oil, let the oil turn dark. Apply this oil on hair and massage. Leave it overnight and wash hair next day morning.
  4. Prepare henna paste with coconut oil and lemon juice. Apply this paste on hair, leave it for couple of hours and wash hair using warm water.

Castor oil:

Castor oil is good for hair growth as well as to retain the dark color of the hair. Warm castor oil a little, apply on hair and scalp. Massage scalp nicely. Leave it overnight and wash hair next day.

Curry leaves:

  1. Including more curry leaves in diet prevents premature graying of hair. It helps to grow hair with newer pigmentation.
  2. Boil curry leaves in sesame oil or coconut oil and apply this oil once a week on hair and scalp. Either you can wash hair next day using warm water or leave it till you wash your hair next time.

Clarified butter: Also known as ghee, applying this will help to control hair fall as well as pigmentation change in hair. Massage hair scalp using ghee.

Onion juice: Minimum once a week apply onion juice on to scalp and leave it for half an hour and wash. Onion juice provides sulfur that helps to regrow hair with new pigmentation. Sulfur is also present in keratin of hair. Added sulfur in onion makes hair root strong. Antioxidant present in onion juice reduces natural buildup of hydrogen peroxide which is responsible for gray hair. Onion juice is also helpful in getting rid of dandruff because of its antibacterial property

Diet: Include Vitamin B (B12), Vitamin D, Vitamin A and E,  Iron rich food in your diet. Food rich in these nutrients are essential to stop premature graying of hair. Fruits like banana, fig, blueberries and vegetables like carrot, amaranth, onion, spinach – are good for hair. Drinking buttermilk or consuming yogurt is good for gut. A healthy gut supplies healthy nutrients to scalp and hair.

Hair care:

  1. If you are regularly bleaching hair, stop it immediately. Bleaching damages hair root.
  2. Do not use harsh shampoos and conditioners. Get familiar with pH and hardness of the water at your home. Accordingly select your shampoo and conditioner.
  3. Do not apply much heat while curling or while using hair dryer.
  4. If the Sun is too hot, use umbrella or a cap to protect hair from drying and color change.
  5. Do not wash hair too frequently.
  6. Stop smoking immediately.

Meditation, yoga and Pilates: Practicing breathing, regular meditation, yoga and Pilates helps to release the stress from mind and body. A relaxed mind helps to balance the hormones that promotes hair growth with good dark pigmentation.

Premature hair graying is a common problem. If the reasons for hair greying is not hereditary, then one should be able to fix it using suitable remedies.  If you cannot fix the problem, then contact your doctor.

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Guduchi is safe to use

Guduchi Is Safe To Use And Does Not Have Toxic Effects, It Is Misleading To Relate Guduchi To Liver Damage -Ayush

Recently, Guduchi plant is in news. Some of the media falsely linked this great plant to liver damage. Ayursh ministry, India declined these claims and has given clarification. Guduchi (Giloy) is one of the most loving plant in Ayurvedic system as it fights many diseases from dengue to diabetes.

Guduchi, is a Sanskrit name, meaning of which is “which protects the entire body”. It is also known as amritaballi attributed to its ability to impart youthfulness. Guduchi  is a traditional Ayurvedic herb, often used in home remedies is perennial, deciduous climber and available throughout India. It is widely used in folk medicines too. It contains alkaloids, diterpenoid lactones, steroids, glycosides, phenolics, alophatic compounds and polysaccharides. Tinospora cardifolia is botanical name for guduchi. This plant does wonder to body and mainly is a immune booster.

Plant has multiple benefits for humans. To name few – it s anti-diabetic, antispasmodic, anti-inflammatory, anti-arthritic, antioxidant, anti-allergic, anti-stress, antimalarial, hepato-protective, anti-leprotic, anti-neoplastic and is immune-modularoty herb. It promotes youthfulness, rejuvenates and promotes longevity.

Recently some media sources are claiming that Guduchi induces liver damage in certain patients. Ayush ministry issued statement challenging the findings of study published in Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology. Ayush in press release stated that “Relating Giloy to liver damage is completely misleading. Relating Giloy or TC to liver damage would be misleading and disastrous to the Traditional medicine system of India”. Further statement published by PIB regarding this study” have not analyzed the contents of the herb that was consumed by the patients’

Ayush press release also pointed at flaws conducted by research team and how the wrong results will have negative impact on traditional medicines. One of the flaw is “ it is not clear whether the patients too herb with other medicines? It is not clear whether the study has considered the past and present medical records of the patients”

Research studies should be presented in front of public with clear data, methods, comparisons, circumstances, evidences. If not, it could lead to misunderstanding, misconception and confuse the public. This is what happened with Guduchi – Healthy Life

To read Guduchi’s benefits click here https://healthylife.werindia.com/online-grandma/grandma-remedies/immune-booster-guduchi-amruthaballi-khashaya

Read Ayush Ministry’s statement below:

Certain sections of the media have falsely linked again Giloy/Guduchi to liver damage. The Ministry of Ayush reiterates that Giloy/Gudduchi (Tinospora cordifolia) is safe and as per available data, Guduchi does not produce any toxic effect.

In Ayurveda, it is said to be the best rejuvenating herb. Acute toxicity studies of aqueous extract of Guduchi reports that it does not produce any toxic effect. However, the safety of a drug depends on how it is being used. Dosage is one of the important factors that determine the safety of a particular drug. In a study, lower concentration of Guduchi powder is found to increase the life span of fruit flies (Drosophila Melanogaster). At the same time, higher concentration progressively reduced the life span of flies. This clearly indicates that an optimum dosage should be maintained to get the desired effects. This infers that the medicinal herb has to be used in an appropriate dose as prescribed by a qualified physician to get medicinal effects. With the wide range of actions and abundant components, Guduchi is a real treasure among herbal drug source.  Medicinal applications of Guduchi in countering various disorders and it’s use as anti-oxidant, anti-hyperglycemic, anti-hyperlipidemic, hepatoprotective, cardiovascular protective, neuroprotective, osteoprotective, radioprotective, anti-anxiety, adaptogenic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, anti-pyretic, anti-diarrheal, anti-ulcer, anti-microbial, and anti-cancer have been well established.

A special focus has been made on its health benefits in treating various metabolic disorders and its potential as an immune booster. It is used as a major component of therapeutics for ameliorating metabolic, endocrinal, and several other ailments, aiding in the betterment of human life expectancy. It is a popularly known herb for its immense therapeutic applications in traditional systems of medicine and has been used in the management of COVID-19. Considering the overall health benefits, the herb cannot be claimed to be toxic.

https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1798676

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Author: Sumana Rao | Posted on: February 21, 2022
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Detoxifying Psolas muscle

Practicing These Three Yoga Poses Helps To Detoxify And Relaxing Psoas Muscle

Psoas is the deepest core muscle situated one on each side of the body. These muscles called psoas  major are the ones that attaches upper body to lower body. These muscles connects spine to legs. Psoas (psoai-plu) muscle are important in all terms – energetically, physically, and emotionally. Any stress that we experience can cause pain in posas muscle and hurts back. Yogis often detoxify these muscles to keep system calm.

Posas influence healthy and balanced posture of body. It influences how we walk, sit, move and even our breathing because our diaphragm is linked to psoas too. 

Posas are often referred as Yogic muscles because any tension and stress that we carry if we must detoxify then it can be done by releasing psoas. Similarly, our body balance depends on psoas. Any tightness in psoas can cause difficulty in focusing, irritability, fatigue, and insomnia. There are few yoga poses when practiced daily will help to detoxify and strengthen the core psoas muscle.

How to release tension, tightness from psoas muscle and improve core strength?

Knee to chest pose: Also known as apanasana, this pose helps to soften the core muscle.

  • From traditional rest pose on the mat, gently bring your right knee towards chest.
  • Keep your pelvis neutral and lumbar in natural curve position.
  • While holding right knee to chest, slowly walk your left foot forward away from hips. Extend the leg and bring your attention to left hip. If you feel tension stop and release the tension.
  • Stay here for few breaths.
  • Then bend the left knee and repeat this on the right leg.
  • Practice this few time, slowly on both sides for 5-7 breaths. You will start noticing that your body is relaxing.
  • Stretches and stabilizes the pelvis and low back and can reduce lower back pain. Reduces excessive anger, excitement, anxiety and high blood pressure.

Low lunge pose: Anjaneyasana pose is another pose that releases tension in psoas muscle.

  • Start with tabletop pose by keeping hands and knees on the mat.
  • Keep extra cushion if your knee bothers you to be on the floor.
  • Step your left foot forward while aligning the ankle directly under the knee.
  • Keep both palms on top of left knee and press down into the thigh. This lifts the core. Don’t  forget to tuck your tail bone under by softening the front of right hip
  • Slowly bring both arms above heat, stay in this pose for few breaths.
  • Bring down the hands and knees back into tabletop pose.
  • Repeat the steps on right side.
  • After completion of the pose, go to child pose for resting.

Reclined butterfly pose –Supta Baddhakonasana is a powerful pose to detoxify and release tension in core muscle. There are three ways to strengthen core by practicing reclined butterfly pose.

To release tension and stretch the psoas:

  • Exhale and slowly lie down on the mat on your back
  • Bend both knees and press the sole of the feet together.
  • Let both knees fall apart on sides, spread the back of your pelvis on the mat. Do not try to push the knees on the floor as it could harden and hurt muscles around groin.
  • Release  lower back and upper buttocks through your tailbone.
  • Stay in this pose for five to ten breaths

To increase core strength: While on reclined butterfly pose:

  • Slowly lift both knees about an inch while your soles of the feet are still together. Hold it for one minute and release.
  • Next time lift knees another one inch and hold for a minute. Continue breathing.
  • You will experience shaking in legs and it is natural
  • Release and repeat this for few more breaths.

To strengthen the core muscle:

  • While in reclined butterfly pose, lift your pelvis from the floor about half an inch (you can test it by moving your palm underneath). Let your soles of the feet continue to press each other tight.
  • Hold the pose for five breaths and release pelvis to the floor.

These three poses are helpful in detoxifying the body. Practicing these poses  not only help strengthening core muscle also eases stress, reduces depression, will have calming and relaxing effect.

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Banana Bun

Mangalore Banana Buns!

Mangalore, a city of Karnataka, not only famous for its educational institutes and fashion, it is also famous for varieties of dishes aka Mangalore/Udupi cuisine. Mangalore bun or banana buns are tasty and easy to make banana puris made of all purpose flour. It is easy to prepare and kids will love the taste of these delicious buns. It is a good choice for lunch box or can be served as a breakfast or snack item with coconut chutney.

Mangalore banana bun recipe:

Ingredients:

1. All-purpose flour 250 grams

2. Ripe banana -2

3. Yogurt- 2 tbs

4. Sugar- 3 tbs

5. Salt- 1/2 tsp

6. Clarified butter – 1 tbs

7. Baking soda – 1/4 tsp

8. Water -1/4 cup

9. Carom seeds -1/2 tsp

10. Oil for frying

Preparation:

1. In a bowl mix flour, carom seeds, sugar, salt and baking soda.

2. In another bowl mash banana well and add yogurt, clarified butter and water. Beat and mix well.

3. Transfer the flour mixture into the banana mixture and knead till it becomes a smooth dough.

4. Close the container and leave it overnight.

5. Once the dough has rested enough, it loosens up a little after fermentation and becomes elastic.

6. Next day when you are ready prepare small balls out this mixture and roll it to small puri size..

7. In a pan heat oil over medium flame and deep fry the rolls till they turn golden brown.

8. Generally the bun puffs up with couple of layers . Remove it from the oil and transfer it to paper towel to remove excess oil.

9. Serve hot buns with coconut chutney and Enjoy!

Coconut chutney recipe:

Ingredients :

1. Grated fresh coconut -1/2 cup

2. Roasted chana dal -1/4 cup

3. Ginger-1/2 inch

4. 1 green chili -1 or 2

5. Curry leaves -10-15

6. Oil – 2 tsp

7. Asafetida – a pinch

8. Salt as required

 Preparation:

1. In a grinder, add coconut, roasted chana dal, ginger, chili, little salt and grind to a paste.

2. Transfer the chutney to a container.

3. In small pan heat little oil, add mustard, urad dal, curry leaves and asafetida and get ready with seasoning.

4. Add the seasoning to the chutney. Before serving if you would like then add little lemon juice and serve with banana bun !.

Kids will enjoy these banana buns for breakfast, lunch or as evening snack.

Recipe:  www.werindia.com

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Six Simple Steps For Weight Loss And A Healthier Heart

Today we are celebrating Valentine’s Day, Valentine’s Day is all about heart! It is not just your dear one’s heart that you should care about.  You must also show how much you care about your heart.  Benefits of maintaining healthy weight not just improves your look and energy, it also improves your heart health. How do you lose weight to keep heart healthy?

  1. Set a goal: Goal setting should be realistic. Understand and learn to check your BMI (Body Mass Index).  Start with small goals – initially target losing few pounds and once you achieve success in losing some pounds it will encourage you to focus on losing more weight and you can keep track on long-term goal.
  2. Why you eat so much? People eat excess for some reasons. Find out yours. Many of us eat either because we are bored or stressed out. Being mindful eater and understanding the roadblocks and the excuses that your mind create will help you to reach the goal. Keep a notebook that tells you how much you ate and what you ate?
  3. Portion size: Plan on getting a compartment plate. Three compartment plate of medium size is better. Place different food group in each compartment (section). The food group you select should be heart friendly, weight loss friendly and must full fill your daily needs of nutrients. How much calories you need? Go back and check on your BMI and find out what food suits your needs.
  4. Smart food choices: You don’t need to give up on your favorite food. Be smart – take small portion of your favorite food and if you still craving for your favorite food go for healthy substitutions. Earth has given so many options for us to be healthy – chose fruits, veggies and desserts that are heart healthy.
  5. Limit to three bites: When comes to your favorite food and dessert consider going a three bites limit. First bite is because you like it. Second bite means resisting urge of eating more. Third bite is your last bite and weight loss bite and no more bites – that’s it!
  6. Daily walk and activity: After your meal, consider walking at least half an hour. Walking improves digestion while promoting weight loss. Brisk walk improves heart rate. Consider moderate activity every day, move often. Being active is one great way to build energy and lose weight.

If your heart is healthy and happy, you will definitely enjoy Valentine’s Day celebration with your loved ones!

Author: Sumana Rao | Posted on: February 14, 2022
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Couple yoga benefits

Benefits of Practicing Yoga with Life Partner

The word yoga in Sanskrit means “union”. It is derived from Yuj which means to join. Yoga helps to build a beautiful understanding of body and mind. When couple practice yoga together, it will help to strengthen the relationship and brings joy and satisfaction in life.

Several yoga postures designed for life partners by Yoga gurus to strengthen communication, create balance and trust in life. What other positive effects partner yoga can bring in couple life?

  1. Satisfaction in relationship: Yoga helps in understanding the strength of the partner. It introduces a new meaning to relationship by bringing awareness of not just your body also partners body and mind. Positive association increases mindfulness and reinvigorates the couple connection. It brings couple closer physically, emotionally.
  2. Better communication and trust: Those Yoga poses that involve relying and leaning on partner needs constant communication. These poses need support, understanding, trust. Touch between the two helps to see the care, love, appreciation in partner and builds a long lasting and safe relationship. It deepens the connection between two.
  3. Learn to let go: Practicing with partner helps to let go the things that you hold onto. It will help to let go ego, worries, anger and other negative emotions that one might have in the relationship. Letting go of certain unwanted feelings makes life more enjoyable.
  4. Increases intimacy: Practicing yoga increases body flexibility. While watching the partner’s progress and helping each other to get into poses increases intimacy.
  5. Understanding ability: Relaying on partner to do stretches increases flexibility, helps to correct the posture and there will be better understanding about each other’s ability to do things. And it gives awareness of how much each person can handle things and how much physical work one can do.

Here are few yoga poses couples can try:

Double Downward dog pose: Get into downward dog pose one in front of another. Person who is in front should lift legs up and place it on lower back of the person who is at back (See below image)

Double downward dog pose yoga

Seated wide legged forward bend: Sit in wide legged position facing each other. Bring soles of the feet together. Extend arms towards your partner and hold hands. While holding partner arms, start folding. Hold the pose for three to five breath.

Breathing exercise: Practice breathing exercise. Inhale and exhale together – follow recorded breathing session.

Double boat pose: As in below image sit on the floor, draw knees into chest. Keeping spine straight begin straightening leg. Let your partner sit in front of you and do the same. Let both of your feet sole touch and hold partner’s wrists. Hold feet together for 3 breaths.

Double boat yoga

Seated twist: Sit on the floor with back resting against each other. As you twist, keep your left hand on left knee of your partner and let your partner do same on the opposite side. Hold for three breaths and repeat on opposite side

Extended side angle: From warrior 2 pose get into extended angle pose as shown in image and hold hands. Hold pose for three to five breath.

Daily yoga practice with life partner helps to build a strong and beautiful bond. This Valentine’s day celebrate yoga with your partner.

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Main image: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/633740978802982907/

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yoga_(9707619732).jpg, Dave Rosenblum, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

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Author: Sumana Rao | Posted on: February 10, 2022
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