BENGALURU: How to practise
■ Sit in a comfortable place with your back and head straight.
■ Bring your right and left foot towards your groin, bending your knees
■ Soles of both feet should touch each other, in contact with groin
■ Push your knees down towards floor, keeping thigh and calf together
■ Stretch spine upward, open chest and tuck your abdomen in
■ Raise your arms, bending them and joining your palms at the chest level (near the heart chakra) in namaste pose.
■ In the namaste pose, the hands are pressed together, palms touching and fingers pointing upwards, thumbs close to the chest.
■ Close your eyes and concentrate at the point between your eyebrows. This point is referred to as the third eye (Ajna chakra)
■ Ensure not to allow your buttocks to lift off the floor
■ Keep your groin relaxed
■ Breathe rhythmically and stay in the pose for 20 - 30 seconds
■ Relax and repeat the pose 3 - 4 times
Benefits
■ Therapeutic for urinary tract disorder
■ Keeps kidney healthy
■ Keeps ovaries healthy, relieves menstrual pain and checks heavy menstruation
■ Keeps prostate glands healthy
■ Reduces sciatic pain
■ Helps to treat arthritis of knee, hip and pelvic joints
■ Makes spine flexible and strong
■ Prevents hernia
■ It helps to channelise energy and connects upper body with lower body
■ Corrects the posture and realigns rounded shoulders
■ Helps in strengthening of wrists
■ Opens and relaxes middle and upper back muscles
■ Great stretch for relieving stress and tiredness
■ Helps to open up the hips and thighs and improves flexibility
■ Helps in mobilisation of hamstrings
■ Increases the flow of blood to the abdomen, back and pelvis
■ Joining of hands together increases the flow of energy
Caution: Practice of this asana is not recommended in case of displaced or prolapsed uterus.
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