{"id":18551,"date":"2017-09-21T15:49:39","date_gmt":"2017-09-21T22:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/?p=18551"},"modified":"2017-09-22T07:51:12","modified_gmt":"2017-09-22T14:51:12","slug":"lions-pose-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/yoga\/lions-pose-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Lion&#8217;s Pose Benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Heads Up<\/em> &#8211; <strong>The yoga Lion Pose also stimulates the platysma, which is a flat thin muscle in the front of the throat. This is the muscle that pulls down the corners of the mouth and also wrinkles the throat. It is believed that this exercise will help to prevent the sagging of the throat with age. Additionally, this pose helps promote good posture and in turn increases confidence levels.<\/strong> (excerpt from YogaWiz.com)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/bkslion.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"356\" height=\"556\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18553\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/bkslion.jpg 356w, http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/bkslion-192x300.jpg 192w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 356px) 100vw, 356px\" \/><br \/>\nlate BKS Iyengar:)<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps slip this pose in &#8211; when you see agitation among some who carry too much stuff and scuffle with furrowed brows or raspy voice &#8230;maybe just maybe.<br \/>\nConsider these therapeutic applications of the lion pose.  Roaring !  It may be just about cleansing out the stale air all at once, throw out all the angst (Tamas, the dullness) to shift the mood, the greater benefits include:<\/p>\n<p><em>Removing wrinkles &#8211; facial yoga thing&#8230;<br \/>\nCuring stutters<br \/>\nCuring teeth grinding<br \/>\nCuring clenched jaws<br \/>\nHelpingin decreased burning in eyes<br \/>\nReliving back pain<br \/>\nRelaxing tensed up neck muscles<br \/>\nImproving the tone of the voice<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Really? Really never know until you try it, right?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/judith.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"337\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18552\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/judith.jpg 220w, http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/judith-196x300.jpg 196w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><br \/>\nCool &#8211; Judith Lasater with the late Master in her youthful (still is actually) days ! So happy to have studies with her &#8211; a grandma but still teaching ! Respect!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heads Up &#8211; The yoga Lion Pose also stimulates the platysma, which is a flat thin muscle in the front of the throat. This is the muscle that pulls down the corners of the mouth and also wrinkles the throat. It is believed that this exercise will help to prevent the sagging of the throat [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18551"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18551"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18561,"href":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18551\/revisions\/18561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}