SIDDHASANA
(ADEPTS POSE)
ABOUT SIDDHASANA
SIDDHA IN SANSKRIT MEANS "ADEPT". YOGIS AND RISHIS HAVE SPOKEN HIGH OF THIS ASANA. GREAT SAINS AND SAGES LIKE NITYAMATTA, NIRANJANA, KAPALI, AND SABAR USED TO MEDITATE IN THIS ASANA FOR HOURS TOGETHER. THE KNEES OF THE BEGINNERS MAY FIND IT DIFFICULT TO STAY FLAT ON THE GROUND BUT BY PRACTICE THEY CAN OVERCOME THIS DIFFICULTY.
TECHNIQUE
SIT ON THE FOLDED RUGGED OR FOLDED BLANKET ON THE FLOOR, BEND THELEFT LEG AND PULL THE FOOT IN AGAINST THE GROIN. NOW BEND THE RIGHT LEG AND BRING THE FOOT ACROSS AND INSERT ITS OUTER EDGE IN THE CREVICE BETWEEN THE CALF AND THE THIGH ON THE LEFT LEG. THE RIGHT HEEL SHOULD PRESS AGAINST THE PUBLIC PERHAPS THE WORD IS PUBLIC BONE AND BOTH THE KNEES SHOULD FIRMLY TOUCH THE FLOOR.
KEEP THE PALMS OF THE RIGHT AND LEFT HANDS ON THE RIGHT AND LEFT KNEES. SIT UPRIGHT KEEPING THE HEAD AND THE BACK IN A STRAIGHT LINE. FOR VARIATION CHANGE OVER THE LEGS RELARLY PLACE THE HEELS THE GROIN CAREFULLY LEST THE PUBLIC BONE SHOULD BE HURT.
BENEFITS
- THIS ASANA ALSO DEVELOPS MENTAL POTENTIALLY, SOOTHES THE MUSCLES, TONES UP THE NERVOUS SYSTEM, INCREASES POWER OF CONCENTRATION, SUPPLIES SUFFICIENT BLOOD TO THE PELIC REGION, CURES SYPHILIS, GONORRHOEA, ARTHRITIS AND KEEP THE BODY IN POISE AND EQUILIBRIUM.
YOGA-MUDRA
(THE SYMBOL OF YOGA)
ABOUT YOGA-MUDRA
IN THE CLASSICAL DANCING MUDRA MEANS A SYMBOLIC GESTURE OF THE HANDS WHICH EVOKE A PARTICULAR MOOD OR GESTURE OF EMOTIONS. WOME YOGISARE OF THE OPINION THAT MUDRAS ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN ASANAS AND PRANAYAMA BECAUSE THEY AROUSE THE DORMANT SERPANT POWER (KUNDALINI) IN MAN. THERE ARE ABOUT TWENTY-FIVE MUDRAS DISCUSSED IN THE GHERAND SAMHITA WHICH CAN BE PRACTICED ONLY UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF QUALIFIED TEACHER.
A MUDRA IS A PARTICULAR ATTITUDE SYMBOLISING PSYCHE.
TECHNIQUE
- SIT ON A FOLDED BLANKET IN PADMASANA POSE.
- RELAX THE WHOLE BODY AND CLOSE THE EYES.
- PLACE THE HAND BEHIND THE BACK CATCHING HOLD OF THE LEFT WRIST IN THE RIGHT HAND AND KEEPING AND SPINAL COLUMN ERECT.
- INHALE AND EXHALE SLOWLY LEANING FORWARD TOUCHING THE FLOOR WITH FOREHEAD.
- STAY IN THIS POSTURE FOR AS LONG AS YOU CAN WITHOUT ANY STRESS OR STRAIN.
- FOCUS YOUR ATTENTION ON THE ABDOMINAL REGION.
- THEN BREATHE IN SLOWLY RHYTHMICALLY. SIT UPRIGHT AND RELAX.
BENEFITSTHIS ASANA CURES DIABETES, REMOVES CONSTIPATION, STRENGTHENS THE ABDOMINAL MUSCLES, KEEPS THE ORGANS OF THE BODY HEALTHY AND TONE, UP THE ENTIRE NERVOUS SYSTEM.
TECHNIQUE
- SIT ON THE FOLDED BLANKET WITH THE FEET STRETCHED BACKWARD AND BIG TOES CROSSED.
- THE KNEES SHOULD BE KEPT TOGETHER BUT HEELS APART.
- LOWER THE BUTTOCKS INSIDE THE FEET.
- THE HEELS SHOULD TOUCH THE SIDES OF THE HIPS.
- PLACE THE HANDS ON THE KNEES AND PALMS DOWNWARD.
BENEFITSTHIS ASANA BRINGS TRANQUILLITY TO THE MIND. IT ALSO CURES DISEASES, SUCH AS, NERVOUSNESS, INDIGESTION, AND URINARY DISEASES. IT CAN ALSO REMOVE HEADACHE, ACIDITY AND WEAKNESS IN THE SEXUAL ORGANS AND RESTORE HOPE AND SELF CONFIDENCE IN MAN. THIS ASANA IS VERY BENEFICIAL FOR A PERSON SUFFERING FROM HEART AILMENTS.
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TECHNIQUE
- SIT ON THE FOLDED BLANKET WITH BUTTOCKS ON THE FLOOR BETWEEN THE HEELS IN VAJRASANA POSTURE.
- EXHALING LEAN BACK SLOWLY AND LOWER THE ELBOWS TO THE FLOOR.
- SUPPORT THE TRUNK FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS ON THE ELBOWS AND THE FORE ARMS.
- FOLD AND LOCK THE ARMS ABOVE THE HEAD.
- LIE FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS IN THIS POSTURE AND BREATHE SLOWLY AND DEEPLY.
- THEN SIT UP AGAIN SUPPORTING ON THE ELBOWS AND FEEL RELAXED.
BENEFITSTHIS ASAN REMOVES STIFFNESS FROM THE KNEES JOINTS, ANKLES AND THIGHS, ENLARGES RIB-BOX, INCREASE THORACIC MOBILITY, STRETCHES THE WHOLE BODY, IMPROVES CIRCULARION OF BLOOD, REMOVES UNWANTED FAT FROM THE ABDOMINAL REGION AND IS EXTREMELY BENEFICIAL TO THE GLANDS, REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS AND NERVOUS SYSTEM. IT CAN ALSO REMOVE CHRONIC CONSTIPATION AND CURE PILES, DIABETES, ARTHRITIS, THROAT AILMENTS AND KIDNEY DISORDERS.
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