Sukhasana (Easy Pose): Steps, Benefits, and When to Avoid

Imagine coming home from an exhausting tiring day at work. You have logged off the laptop but your mind is still filled with thoughts about work, you are unable to switch off your brain. You don’t have the energy to perform a full yoga routine but you need something to calm your neves.

You should try the sukhasana as it’s name suggests it’s an easy pose for relaxation and meditation. It not only calms your mind but also helps to ground your energy so that your brain can finally rest and pause.

What is Sukhasana?

Sukhasana translates to the “easy pose”. It’s a calming pose which relaxes your mind and slows your thoughts. It helps you to get your energy back by focusing on what’s important.

It’s turns off body’s fight or flight response allowing you to relax and creating a stable foundation for your yoga or meditation practice.

Benefits of Sukhasana

Even though it looks simple, the sukhasana benefits your mind and body. It helps you connect with your inner awareness, helping you find a state of balance.

Better Posture

Sukhasna activates your core and back muscles. Evenly distributing your body weight to prevent slouching or stifness. Over time training your spine to stay tall and strong.

Lowers Blood Pressure

Whenever you are stressed sitting in sukhasana activates your parasympathetic nervous system. Which reduces stress and your blood pressure also lowers too.

Strengthens Core Muscles

It may not be very obvious but the core muscles are gently engaged while sitting upright. These muscles help you maintain stability and build endurance over time. It can also help you relieve back pain caused by weak core support.

Mind Body Connection

Sitting in meditative poses like Sukhasana for long hours trains your mind to match the slow rhythm of your body. This harmony between the body and mind improves patience and concentration.

Warmup Pose

Sukhasana is a great way to start your yoga routine. It gently opens up your hips, relaxes your joints, and activates your muscles. It prepares your body for the more challenging poses.

Improved Flexibility

With time this pose improves flexibility in your hips, inner thighs, and knees. And better flexibility means pain free movement and fewer chances of injury.

How to perform Sukhasana?

Sukhasana is one of the easiest yoga poses, even if you don’t know anything about yoga, you can still perform this pose. By following these steps, you can easily start your yoga practice:

• Sit on the floor and extend you legs straight in front of you.
• Relax your shoulders and try to keep your spine as straight as possible.
• Connect with your breath by taking deep and controlled breath.
• Fold your left leg so your foot is under the right thigh. And fold the right leg to place your right foot under the left thigh.
• Your ankles should be flexed and face outside.
• Keep your head, neck, and back straight. Try to draw your core inwards and upwards.
• You can either keep your hands relaxed on the knees or try a mudra.

You can continue your practice by following up with other yoga asanas. Or end here by relaxing your back and stretching out your legs in front of you.

When to practice Sukhasana?

The best thing about Sukhasana is that you don’t need a special time, equipment, or place to do it. It can fit easily in your daily routine, whether you practice it early morning, before a deep work session, or before going to bed.

Whether you practice it for two minutes or twenty minutes it helps you reconnect with yourself wherever you are. Just avoid doing it right after having heavy meals as it can cause discomfort.

When to avoid sukhasana?

Avoid practicing this asana if you have:

• Knee or hip injury
• Spinal injuries like slipped disc, sciatica, or lower back pain
• Recent abdomen or spinal surgery

If you find it hard to hold this asana, then you can also support your back against a wall. Or use a cushion to support your spine.

Sukhasana looks simple, but this simple practice can be very powerful. When there are so many distractions around us, and our minds are always over stimulated this asana can allows to just simply be in the moment. The quiet helps your mind to slow down so you can see your thoughts clearly without getting caught up in them. A reminder that being productive is not always about doing more rather it’s about sitting still and connecting within.

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FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)

Q1. Which diseases are cured by Sukhasana?

Regular practice of the sukhasana cures headaches, insomnia, and mild digestive troubles. By unlocking mobility in hips this asana helps to avoid sprains.

Q2. Which muscles are targeted by sukhasana?

While practicing this asana, you’ll feel the maximum stretch in core and back muscles. While, it also targets the hips and inner thigh muscles.

Q3. How long should I sit in sukhasana?

Start by practicing this asana, for 3-5 minutes. And as you start getting comfortable increase the duration to 10 to 20 minutes. The goal should be to maintain this asana for 3 hours.

Q4. Which chakras are activated by the sukhasana?

Sukhasana balances the energy of all chakras in your body. Majorly activating the lower root and sacral chakra in your body.

Q5. What kind of meditations works best while sitting in sukhasana?

For a truly relaxing experience during your meditation, try the Vedic Meet App with many short and soothing meditations that go along with the Sukhasana.