Procedure
- Sit down with your legs outstretched and joined together in front; keeping the back erect, place your palms on the floor behind the buttocks, with the fingers pointing backward, i.e. Dandasan.
- Slowly come into Vajrasan (See page 113) and rest your palms on the thighs.
- Inhale (Radhey); raise your arms up above the head; straighten the trunk, head, and arms; turn the palms forward.
- Now, while exhaling (Krishna), gently lean forward from the hips until the hands and forehead reach the floor.
- Slightly flex your elbows and let them rest on the floor so that the whole body rests completely.
- Be in this posture for as long as possible with slow and even breathing.
- Ultimately, come back to the base position.
- On the movements and the breaths synchronized with them
- On feeling relaxation on the stretched and contracted parts of your body
- On always remembering “Radhey Krishna” along with breaths
- This tension relieving asan, Shashankasan, helps maintain a healthy body and sound mind by toning the spinal nerves, sciatic nerves, and the pelvic muscles.
- It corrects the position of the vertebral disc.
- Besides, it superbly assists in the functioning of the adrenal glands.
- It helps eliminate the disorder of the reproductive organs.
- If practiced continually, constipation is eradicated within a short duration.
- If one performs Ujjayi Pranayam in the final position, it yields an excellent soothing effect to the brain.
- People with high blood pressure and slipped-disc should not do this asan.
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