I have read many books on Yoga. But the benefit derived for the heart because of yoga is not mentioned in any of the books .No doubt in yogasanas all most all the inner parts get benefit with various asanas, but not the heart. Can anyone enlighten me on this subject.How does the cholestrol and tryglycerides will be reduced in Asanas and how will LDL be reduced and HDL increase.Please mention the name of the asanas which do good for the heart
well I think yoga is pretty much all about the heart, trying to live from the heart center, trying to live in love, etc… Heart openers? cobra pose, back bends, wheel pose, bridge pose, prayer pose;) I am sure someone else can be more precise then I am. BUt basically to tell if it is a heart opener if the arms go away from the chest it will be opening on the heart, of course some much more then others. as far as ldl, hdl’s etc… good asanas for those would be lettuce, greens, fruits, vegtables, healthy eating etc… The color of the heart center is supposedly green so green foods supposedly help nurish it, white foods as well because inside white is every color. 20+ minutes of walking is also great for the heart and health in general.
Nonjudgement is also good for the heart, I am expanding in nonjudgement makes heart happy 
I hope you find what you seek
neil
Hello and welcome,
Look to books and schools that work with Yoga therapeutics and wellness; these are in the minority of what is being offered as Yoga in the West, but they will have protocols to address cardiovascular health. You will find that asana is the smallest portion of the Yoga practices that will be therapeutic for this condition. Diet, pranayama and stress reduction are the primary protocols for heart health.
Disease moves into solidness/tamas/kapha when it goes uncared for in the subtler, initial vata state and pitta states. It progresses vata, pitta and into kapha. Where you are in that progression will determine how it should be addressed specifically for you.
Check out the work of Dean Ornish. I have studied with Nischala Devi who helped develop the Yogic component of Ornish’s study that resulted in the reversal of artherosclerosis in some of the study’s participants–she is a truly lovely teacher. Nischala Devi also offers a Yoga of the Heart program where she offers the work that she did with Ornish.
Depending on yourself, you may also connect with the work of Swami Satyananda Saraswati and Dr Swami Karmananda of the Bihar School of Yoga. They have published a book, entitled, [I]Yoga and Cardiovascular Management[/I][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2].
Highest regards,
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Namaste,
As someone who has hereditary diseases of the heart I can highly recommend the book by Swami Satyananda. You must also understand that yoga has everything to do with the heart. All yoga asana will lead you to greater relaxation and is therefore good for the heart. Yoga will also cultivate proper eating habits in you and although you may not see the results immediately, you will see them 4-5 years down the line if you are patient and persist. Yoga has the ability to motivate and inspire you, use this to add more exercises and more yoga to your life to bring the body back into harmony.
Unfortunately, and this I tell you from personal experience, yoga alone won’t help the high cholestrol to go away, you need to look at your diet. What do you put into your body? You don’t give us any indication of that, so I’ll leave it up to you to research good foods that will help you to lower your cholestrol levels and up the good level of cholestrol.
Then lastly, I am a strong believer in the emotional aspect of disease and illness. What emotions do you carry in your heart that may cause all this stress? What is in your backpack? Perhaps it is time to release some of those old baggage en let go and let God.
Good luck.
Hello again ilikeyoga,
Check out Starlings Law of the heart.
I’m not suggesting anyone should do inverted postures unless they’re working with a teacher, but inverted postures such as headstand, shoulderstand, plough, dramatically increase the volume of blood going into and out of the heart during the asana, actually stretching it.
[B]Frank-Starling law of the heart[/B] (also known as [B]Starling’s law[/B] or the [B]Frank-Starling mechanism[/B]) states that the greater the volume of blood entering the heart during diastole (end-diastolic volume), the greater the volume of blood ejected during systolic contraction (stroke volume). This means that as the heart fills with more blood than usual, the force of the muscular contractions will increase; this is a result of an increase of the load experienced by each muscle fibre due to the extraneous blood entering the heart. This stretching of the muscle fibres increases the affinity of troponin C for Calcium, causing a greater number of cross-bridges to form within the muscle fibres; this increases the contractile force of the cardiac muscle.
Peace,
Emil