World Heart Day: 5 Yoga asanas that make your heart HAPPY
Yoga can also be a powerful cardiovascular exercise that can help you stay healthy, lower your cancer risk, and improve heart health.
FollowToday is World Heart Day, and on that occasion, we will talk about cardiovascular exercises that will increase heart rate and increase blood flow in the body. Here are some yoga asanas that will help your heart beat faster; these can train your body to pump oxygen and blood into your muscles more efficiently.
There are 5 yoga asanas like Dhanurasana, Padahasthasana, Chakrasana, Hastha Uthanasana that can help you in your postures and help you achieve an increase in heart rate. 
Hastha Uthanasana: Start with standing straight in Samasthithi. Then raise your arms over your head and stretch upward. Then ensure that your palms face each other and then put your head is in between your arms
Padahasthasana: For this asana, start by standing in Samasthithi and then exhale, gently bend your upper body down from the hips and touch your nose to your knees. For this asana, you have to place your palms on either side of your feet.
If you are a beginner in Yoga, you may have to bend your knees slightly to perform this. With training, slowly straighten your knees and try to touch your chest to your thighs.
Chaturanga Dandasana: For begin the asana start with plank posture and as you exhale, lower your body down into half a push-up, such that the upper and put your arms are parallel to the floor. Your elbows must meet the sides of your ribs as you lower yourself to maintain a 90-degree angle in the crook of the elbows.
In this asana, your shoulders must be pulled in, and your wrists and elbows must be perpendicular to the floor, and your shoulders must be in line with your body
Chakrasana (Wheel Pose) Lie down on your back and then fold your legs at your knees and ensure that your feet are placed firmly on the floor.
Later, bend your arms at the elbows with your palms facing the sky. Then rotate your arms at the shoulders place palms on the floor on either side beside your head.
Then inhale, put force on your palms and legs and lift your entire body to form an arch and then relax your neck and allow your head to fall gently behind.
Dhanurasana (Bow Pose): Start by lying down on your stomach. Then round your knees and hold your ankles with your palms by giving a solid grip. Lift your legs and arms as high as possible.
Later, lift your lumps as high as you can and hold that posture for a while In yoga, along with these asanas, you can also practice Surya Namaskar. Surya Namaskar is a full-body workout that pumps your heart rate, strengthens tones and flexible body. You could start with 5 cycles a day and slowly increase it up as your stamina improves.
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