What are the benefits and functions of the yoga wheel?

People who do yoga regularly will have a lot of yoga tools at home. The most common tools are yoga mats or yoga blankets. Yoga balls are also a common auxiliary tool. In addition, there are yoga pillows and yoga wheels, etc. In comparison, yoga mats are the most frequently used. Yoga wheels and yoga pillows are often not used. The following will introduce to you the role that yoga wheels can play.

Benefits and functions of yoga wheel:

Benefits of Yoga Wheel Pose: This pose allows the spine to achieve complete stretch and thus strengthen it. This also keeps the body flexible and agile, and the back feels strong, powerful and energized. It also strengthens the arms and wrists and has a very soothing effect on the head.

It can enhance the flexibility of the spine, effectively stretch the body, and nourish the organs and glands in the body. It promotes blood circulation, clears the mind, sharpens the senses, and strengthens the muscles of the wrists, ankles, legs, and abdomen.

The benefits of wheel yoga are that it can increase body flexibility, relax neck muscles, enhance blood circulation, and benefit the nervous system.

① Extend and enhance the flexibility of the spine, improve body stiffness, and prevent spinal diseases.

② Nourish and strengthen the back muscles, and relieve the pressure on the waist and back caused by sitting for a long time.

③Relax your shoulder joints and neck muscles.

④Open your chest and stretch the front of your body forcefully.

⑤ Thoroughly stretches the abdomen, nourishes and strengthens the abdominal muscles, and benefits many internal organs and glands.

⑥ Strengthen the arms, wrists, back, legs and ankles.

⑦ Enhance blood circulation, promote blood return to the head, make the mind refreshed and the senses sharp.

⑧Stimulate hormone secretion, which is beneficial to the nervous system.

How to practice wheel yoga?

1. Lie on your back with your legs straight and your hands placed palms down at your sides.

2. Bend your knees and place your heels on the base of your thighs, with your entire feet on the ground and your feet slightly wider than your hips. Place your hands on either side of your head by your ears, with your fingertips pointing toward your feet.

3. Exhale, arch your back, lift your hips and abdomen upward, retract your tailbone and move it toward your heels, push your hands and legs downward, fully stretch and internally rotate your muscles.

4. Lower your head to the floor, stretch your arms, breathe normally, hold for 5-10 seconds, and relax.