Highlights
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2025-01-12 23:23 Yoga is derived from the Sanskrit word “yuja” which means union. On the other hand, the other name of namaz, which is “salaat” is derived from the Arabic words “silaa/wisaal”, also meaning meeting/union.
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2025-01-12 23:23 The similarity doesn’t end here. “Taharat” meaning purification and “wuzu” (ablution) are essential before namaz, corresponding to “shauch” in yoga. While “wuzu” commences with niyyat (resolve), a declaration of intention, yoga begins with “sankalpa” meaning just the same.
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2025-01-12 23:24 While offering namaz, in the first posture one stands erect, keeping shoulder straight line and weight of the body divided on two legs. Eyes should be fixed on the spot of sajda (when one lies prostrate and touches forehead and nose to the ground) and neck bent slightly downwards.
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2025-01-12 23:26 Normally, fall of oxygen and rise of carbon dioxide in the body leads to an increased heart rate and heavier breathing. The stimulus on the throat helps balance thyroid function and regulate the metabolism. All this in a 40-second posture.
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2025-01-12 23:27 This posture is one that has been regarded down the ages as the ultimate expression of absolute submission. By putting our knees and hands on the floor, we first touch the nose then forehead and later the knee joints to form a right angle and create pressure on the neck which is the complementary pose of the first posture.
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2025-01-12 23:27 It is almost half of “shirshasana” in which the yogi stands on his head. It helps in full-fledged pumping of blood into the brain and upper half of the body, including eyes, ears, nose and lungs. This posture is of about 12 seconds.
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2025-01-12 23:27 In the final stage of the rak’at, there is a repeat of the half shirshasana after which the last posture is like squatting or utkatasana. It is a transitory posture consisting of standing up on toes and without any support in such a way that the entire weight of the body rests on the heels. The person who offers namaz in this posture regularly will be free from backache and any degenerative disease joints like osteoarthritis of knees all his life.