It is a dance with many health benefits, particularly for women. Unlike asanas, it can be practised during menstruation as long as there is no discomfort. It can be danced up to the advanced stages of pregnancy, depending on the individual.
Benefits:
1. Creates strength, flexibility and endurance;
2. Increases longevity, keeping the body fit till 80 years of age;
3. Makes the mind strong and sharp;
4. Removes fears, hopelessness and hysteria;
5. Promotes self-expression and increases self-confidence;
6. Removes lethargy;
7. Cures insomnia;
8. Removes wrinkles, adding charm and shine to the face and skin;
9. Regulates bodily secretions;
10. Reduces unnecessary body fat and balances body weight;
11. Makes the spine flexible and joints supple;
12. Good for arthritis and gout;
13. Stimulates heart and circulatory system;
14. Good for liver, gallbladder and kidney troubles;
15. Good for gastric problems like dyspepsia, acidity, dysentery;
16. Helps in piles, hernia, gonorrhea, syphilis and urethra troubles;
17. Promotes regular menstruation, easy delivery and reduces childbirth pains.
18. Hopelessness will be lost
19. It helps in self-expression and develops one's personality
20. Spinal pain, piles, hernia, hydrocele in men, nervous pain and nervous disability will
be cured
21. It cures kidney and gall bladder troubles, gastric trouble, dyspepsia, acidity,
dysentery,syphilis, gonorrhoea, obesity, thinness, and liver diseases
22. It increases the capacity to work until 75-80 years of age