Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Mandukasan (Frog Pose)

Procedure 
  • Sit in Vajrasan.
  • Form fists, with the thumbs inside.
  • Keep your fists together, with the knuckles facing each other.
  • Place your fists on either side of the navel in such a way that sides of your index fingers touch the navel portion.
  • Inhale (Radhey) and exhaling (Krishna), lean forward from your waist till your chest touches the thighs.
  • Next, exert light pressure on the abdomen  with your fists and look upward.
  • Stay in the pose for 15-20 seconds with normal breathing.
  • Now inhaling (Radhey), gently come back to Vajrasan.
  • Repeat it twice.
Awareness
  • On your breaths and bodily movements synchronized with them
  • On the pressure around your navel
  • On mentally chanting the Holy Names “Radhey Krishna” in your breaths
Benefits
  • Mandukasan stimulates your pancreas and helps in controlling diabetes.
  • It is effective in curing abdominal ailments. 
  • Additionally, it massages the heart properly,

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