For your overall health exercise and yoga Sana plays an important role. Yogasana is good for your various illnesses. Yoga is an ancient form of exercise. It has been proved that yoga helps you for hair growth, gain weight, lose weight, for heart health and various other problems.

The ideal way to gain weight is through a healthy and nutrient dense diet and exercise. Yoga is also highly recommended for weight gain.

Here we look at six yogasana for gaining weight.

1. SHAVASANA.

Lie on your back with feet together. Rest your hands on your sides, palms open upright. Keeping your eyes closed, try concentrating on breathing. Try to relax your body and keep yourself calm throughout the time. Continue for 15 minutes.

2. VAJRASANA.

This is an effective yogasana for many health issues as well as for weight gain, as this asana helps blood circulation, appetite and digestion. Sit on the floor with folded legs, back upright and eyes shut closed. By keeping palm on your knees and inhale and exhale gently. Try to be in this position for more time.

3. PAWANMUKTASANA.

This is effective exercise for improving digestion and rectifies digestive problem. Lie on your back and let your legs stretch properly. Slowly fold your knees and clasp them with hand. Inhale and while exhaling pull your knees close to your chest.

4. MATSYASANA.

This yogasana is good for absorption of nutrients and it helps improving your digestive system. Lie on your back with feet together, bring your hands under your buttocks. Press elbows on the floor and arch your spine and tilt your head backwards. Hold this position for few seconds, you can also repeat as many times required.

5. SARVANGASANA.

Lie in prone position, exhale and while inhaling lift your legs perpendicular to the ground. Raise your waist by keeping your hands on waist. Hold this position for about a minute and come back to start position while exhaling. This yogasana regulates thyroid function and metabolism.

6. BHUJANGASANA.

Lie on stomach, legs together, heels close to other. Keep palms beneath your shoulder. Inhale and lift your head to look upwards, hold, exhale and come back to starting position.