Category: Asanas

 

Technique

Sit with fingers of the left foot on the ground and the right leg over the left leg. Put hands on waist. Try to balance body. Keep legs parallel to the ground as shown above. Keep body straight and vertical and the abdomen pressed inward.

 

Benefits

• Beneficial in the observance of celibacy (Brahmacharya).
• Tones up the nerves.
• Strengthens the feet.

 

Technique

Sit and stretch legs forward. Touch the feet with hand and the knees with the forehead without any jerky movements. Do not raise knees. Do this four or five times and you would see that after a few days, your body has become more elastic.

 

Benefits

• Improves digestion and cures constipation.
• Beneficial for legs, waist, stomach, liver and spleen.
• Purifies the nerves.
• Reduces the body weight and increases mental ability.
• Helps strengthen Sushumna Nadi.
• Increases the elasticity of the spine, thereby giving perennial youth.

 

Technique

Lie on the back. Stretch the body and toes. Raise feet up to three inches very slowly. Hold the position for few seconds and return slowly.

 

Benefits

• Improves appetite.
• Cures constipation.
• Strengthens the nerves.
• Relieves abdominal stiffness.

 

Technique

Stand straight. Lift your left foot. Hold the toe of your left foot with your right hand and keep the left hand on your waist. Stretch the left leg so that it comes to your waist level (making 90^o angle with right leg). Both the legs and the trunk are to be kept straight. Balance as long as you can conveniently.

Then repeat the pose, holding right leg with left hand.

 

Benefits

• Gives strength to the legs.
• Solves spinal problems and tones up the nerves.
• Exercises arms.
• Beneficial for the proper functioning of the intestines.
• Helpful in observance of celibacy (Brahmacharya).

 

Technique

Keep your feet 4 fingers apart and put your hands by the sides of your waist. Now bend yourself in such a way that your body acquires the shape of a chair. Keep the trunk straight without support.

Repeat 3-4 times from standing position to the asana.

 

Benefits

• Beneficial for the proper functioning of legs and stomach.
• Keeps the muscles of the back healthy by relieving us from from back ache.
• Improves digestion.

 

Technique

Stand upright. Bend the left knee slightly and twist the right leg over the left leg so that the right instep is tucked behind the left calf. The arms are crossed in front of the chest so that the left elbow rests on the right biceps against the elbow joint, and the left hand is kept above the right hand in front of the face. Stay steady at least ten seconds, breathing freely.

Then repeat the pose, balancing on the right leg and reversing the arm and leg positions.

 

Benefits

• Promotes suppleness in the legs and shoulders.
• Strengthens the knees, ankles and calf muscles.
• Develops balance and improves concentration.
• Garud Asana is very helpful for the people suffering from urinary diseases.

 

Technique

Stand straight. Open your legs wide apart so that they obtain a triangular shape. Bend your right knee and touch the toe of your right foot by your right hand. Keep your left arm stretched above your left ear as in the picture.

Repeat the same for left knee and right hand.

 

Benefits

• Helps the large intestine.
• Useful for legs as it exercises leg muscles.
• Cures constipation.
• A good exercise for the patients suffering from bronchitis.
• Strengthens body muscles and removes laziness.