Supt Vajrasan (Sleeping Thunderbolt Pose)

Procedure 

• Sit in Vajrasan and place your hands on the thighs.
• While inhaling (Radhey), gently recline backward, taking support of the right elbow first and then the left elbow.
• Slowly, lie flat on your back by keeping the arms crossed above the head; make sure the knees remain joined or closed together, touching the ground.
• Be in this position for 15-20 seconds with normal breathing.
• Exhaling (Krishna), slowly come up to the sitting position with the support of the elbows and arms.
• This completes one round; practice for two more rounds.
• Finally come to sithil Dandasan and relax for a while.

Awareness

• On the bodily movements and breaths synchronized with them
• On the stretch and pressure on the lower back
• On the abdomen
• On the unbroken rememberance of “Radhey Krishna” with each breath

Benefits

• Supt Vajrasan tones up the spinal nerves and gives extra suppleness to the back. 
• It massages the abdominal organs, eliminates different digestive ailments, and constipation. 
• It is extremely advantageous in reducing asthma, bronchial, and other pulmonary problems.
• It helps redirect sexual energy upward to the brain.

Contraindications

• Persons with knee complaints, sciatica, sacral infection, and slipped-disc should not do it.