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ARANDA MADIRASANA

ABOUT

THIS ASAN ALSO BELONGS TO THE CATEGORY OF MEDITATIVE ASANS. IT CAN BE EASILY PRACTICED BY ANYONE. THE ASAN WHEN PERFORMED FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, GIVES THE FEELING OF INTOXICATING BLISS AND TRANQUILLITY. IT IS DONE FROM VAJRASANA.

TECHNIQUE

• ON A FOLDED BLANKET, ADOPT THE POSE OF VAJRASANA.
• PLACE THE HANDS ON THE HEELS, PALMS FACING DOWNWARD.
• KEEP THE TRUNK ERECT AND FIX THE EYES ON THE SPACE BETWEEN THE EYEBROWS.
• BREATHE SLOWLY AND DEEPLY.
• IN THIS ASAN EMPHASIS IS LAID ON THE BREATHING PROCESS.

BENEFITS

THIS ASAN IS EXTREMELY BENEFICIAL FOR INCREASING HTE POWERS OF CONCENTRATION. THE ASAN STIMULATES NERVOUS SYSTEM AND IMPROVES CIRCULATORY SYSTEM. THE ASAN ALSO AWAKENS KUNDALINI (THE PSYCHI POWER) PARTICULARLY AJNA CHAKRA. IT ALSO REMOVES MENTAL TENSION, PSYCHIC FEAR AND RESTORES PEACE OF MIND.

DHANUR AKARSHAN ASANA

 

ABOUT

THIS ASAN BELONGS TO THE ADVANCED GROUP OF ASANAS, AND IS NAMED AFTER THE ARCHER. THE ASAN, WHEN PERFORMED CORRECTLY, RESEMBLES DRAWING A BOW.

TECHNIQUE

• ON A FOLDED BLANKET, SIT AND STRETCH LEGS FORWARD.
• PLACE THE RIGHT FOOT ON THE LEFT THIGH AND GRASP THE RIGHT TOE FROM THE TOP WITH THE LEFT HAND.
• HOLD THE LEFT BIG TOE WITH THE RIGHT HAND, KEEPING THE LEG STRAIGHT.
• RAISE THE RIGHT BIG TOE TO THE LEFT EAR.
• KEEP THE HEAD, NECK AND THE SPINE STRAIGHT.
• REPEAT THE PROCESS AT LEAST TEN TIMES AND HAVE SLOW, LONG AND DEEP BREATHES.
• COME TO THE ORIGINAL POSITION AND RELAX.

BENEFITS

 

 

 THIS ASANA TONES THE MUSCLES OF THE LEGS, ARMS, THIGHS, AND ABDOMEN AND MAKES THE SPINE SUPPLE AND ELASTIC. IT ALSO STRENGTHEN THE BICEPS AND ANKLES, CURES MANY RESPIRATORY AND SEXUAL AILMENTS AND PROMOTES HEALTH.

MERUDANDASANA

 

ABOUT

IN THIS ASAN CONCENTRATION IS ESSENTIAL FOR MAINTAINING EQUILIBRIUM. THIS ASAN SHOULD NOT BE PRACTICED BY THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM SCIATICA AND SLIPPED DISC. THE ASAN BELONGS TO THE ADVANCED GROUP OF ASANS.

TECHNIQUE

• SIT ON THE FOLDED BLANKET AND INHALE.
• BEND THE LEGS AT THE KNEES AND PLACE THE SOLES ON THE FLOOR IN FRONT OF THE BUTTOCKS AND KEEPS THE FEET APART.
• HOLD THE BIG TOES AND LEAN THE TRUNK BACKWARD, STRETCH THE LEGS AND MAINTAIN BALANCE.
• THE ARMS AND LEGS SHOULD BE STRETCHED AND SEPARATED AS MUCH AS YOU CAN AND BREATH SHOULD BE RETAINED FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS AND EXHALE AFTER FINISHING THE ASAN.

BENEFITS

 

 

THE ASAN IS EXTREMELY BENEFICIAL FOR ABDOMINAL ORGANS PARTICULARLY LIVER. IT REMOVES INTESTINAL WORMS, STRENGTHENS THE MUSCLES OF THE LEGS, ARMS, CHEST, THE ABDOMEN, THE VISCERAL REGION AND THE SPINAL COLUMN. IT ALSO TONES UP ADRENAL GLANDS AND DEVELOPS THE POWER OF CONCENTRATION.

MARJARIASAN

(THE CAT STRETCH POSE)

 

ABOUT

THIS ASAN IS ONE OF THE SIMPLEST AND CAN BE PERFORMED BY ANYONE EASILY. THIS ASAN IS ALSO PERFORMED FROM VAJRASAN AND CAN BE EXTREMELY BENEFICIAL IF THE STOMACH DURING EXHALATION. MARJARIA IN SANSKRIT MEANS "A CAT". THIS ASAN BELONGS TO THE ENERGY BLOCK GROUP OF ASANS.

TECHNIQUE

• ON A FOLDED BLANKET, ADOPT THE POSE OF VAJRASANA.
• RAISE THE BUTTOCKS AND STAND ON THE KNEES AND AT THE SAME TIME PLACE BOTH HANDS FLAT ON THE FLOOR IN FRONT OF THE BODY UNDER THE SHOULDERS.
• INHALE AND RAISE THE HEAD.
• THEN EXHALE AND LOWER THE HEAD AND ARCH THE SPINE.
• AGAIN BEND THE SPINE AND RAISE THE HEAD.
• THE ARMS ARE TO BE KEPT STRAIGHT AND VERTICAL.

BENEFITS

 

THIS ASAN IS EXTREMELY BENEFICIAL FOR WOMEN IN GENERAL AND PREGNANT WOMEN IN PARTICULAR. THE ASAN CURES MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITIES, LEUCORRHOEA AND CAN GIVE RELIEF FROM CRAMPS. THE ASAN ALSO TONES  UP THE NERVOUS SYSTEM, ADRENAL GLANDS, AND NORMALISES BLOOD CIRCULATION, STRENGTHENS THE MUSCLES OF THE ARMS, LEGS AND MAKES THE WAIST SUPPLE. IT CAN ALSO CURE ASTHMA AND KIDNEY AILMENTS.

SURYA NAMASKAR

VARIATION 1

ABOUT

NOW WE TAKE UP TO DIFFERENT SETS OF EXERCISE FORMED FROM SURYA NAMASKAR, A SPLENDID, COMPLETE EXERCISE WHICH CAN BE PRACTICED IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS FACING THE SUN. IN THE ANCIENT DAYS THIS EXERCISE WAS PERFORMED DAILY SINGLY OR IN A GROUP BY SOME YOGIS AT DOWN. SURYA NAMASKAR IS A COMBINATION OF ASANAS AND BREATHING. IT HAS TWELVE VARIATIONS WHICH INVOLVE THE ENTIRE MUSCULAR STRUCTURE. SURYA NAMASKAR IS NOT CONFINED TO ANY PARTICULAR ORGAN OR LIMB OR THE BODY. IT ACTS EFFECTIVELY ON THE ENTIRE ORGANISM. IT IS CO-RELATED WITH PRANAYAMA OR BREATHING EXERCISE. IF PRACTICED DAILY WITH PERSEVRENCE, SURYA NAMASKAR CAN SERVE AS PANACEA.

TECHNIQUE

• STAND ERECT WITH FEET TOGETHER.
• PLACE THE PALMS TOGETHER IN FRONT OF THE CHEST.
• BREATHE SLOWLY AND NORMALLY AND RELAX WHOLD BODY.
• IT PREPARES THE PRACTITIONER PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY FOR THE EXERCISES WHICH FOLLOW.

 

VARIATION 2

 

TECHNIQUE

• RAISE BOTH THE ARMS ABOVE THE HEAD.
• KEEP THE ARMS SEPARATED.
• BEND THE HEAD AND UPPER TRUNK, SLIGHTLY BACKWARD.
• INHALE WHILE RAISING THE ARMS.

BENEFITS

THIS ASAN IS VERY GOOD FOR RESPIRATORY SYSTEM AND TONES THE MUSCLES OF ARMS, SHOULDER, SPINAL NERVES AND LUNGS. IT ALSO STRETCHES THE ABDOMINAL VISCEA AND REMOVES EXCESS FAT FROM HIPS AND ABDOMINAL REGION AND IMPROVES DIGESTION.

VARIATION 3

TECHNIQUE

• ON A FOLDED BLANKET STAND ERECT AND BEND FORWARD.
• TOUCH THE FLOOR WITH YOUR FINGERS OR HANDS IN FRONT OF THE FEET EXHALE.
• TRY TO TOUCH THE KNEES WITH THE FOREHEAD WITHOUT JERK OR STRAIN.
• KEEP THE LEGS STRAIGHT, AND CONTRACT THE ABDOMEN IN THE FINAL POSITION TO EXPEL AS MUCH AIR AS YOU CAN.

 

BENEFITS

THIS ASAN CURES ABDOMINAL AILMENTS AND REDUCES FAT IN THE ABDOMINAL REGION, IMPROVES DIGESTION, BLOOD CIRCULATION, REMOVES CONSTIPATION AND MAKES THE SPINE SUPPLE AND ELASTIC.

VARIATION 4

ASHWA SANCHALANASANA

TECHNIQUE

• SPREAD A BLANKET ON THE FLOOR AND ADOPT SITTING POSE.
• STRETCH THE RIGHT LEG BACK AS FAS AS POSSIBLE AND INHALE.
• BEND THE LEFT LEG BUT KEEP THE LEFT FOOT IN THE SAME POSITION.
• THE ARMS SHOULD REMAIN STRAIGHT WITHOUT ANY JERK.
• IN THE FINAL POSITION THE WEIGHT OF THE BODY SHOULD BE SUPPORTED ON THE TWO HANDS.
• THE HEAD SHOULD BE TILTED BACKWARD.

 

BENEFITS

THIS ASAN MASSAGES THE ABDOMINAL ORGANS, STRENGTHENS THE MUSCLES OF THE LEG, IMPROVES NERVOUS SYSTEM AND BLOOD CIRCULATION.

VARIATION 5

PARVATASANA

TECHNIQUE

 

• ON A FOLDED BLANKET, ADOPT THE POSE OF PADAMASANA AND GAZE ON A VISIBLE WHITE SPOT ON THE FLOOR.
• USING THE HANDS FOR SUPPORT, RAISE YOUR BODY ON KNEES.
• KEEP THE HEAD, NECK AND SPINE STRAIGHT AND RAISE BOTH HANDS STRAIGHT OVERHEAD AND BREATHE SLOWLY AND RHYTHMICALLY WITHOUT ANY JERK OR STRAIN.
• REMAIN IN THIS POSE AS LONG AS YOU CAN.

 

BENEFITS

THIS ASAN CURES NERVOUS DEBILITY, DIABETES, ARTHRITIS, IMPROVES DIGESTION, BLOOD CIRCULATION AND CHRONIC CONSTIPATION. IT IS EXTREMELY USEFUL FOR ATTAINING THE POWERS OF CONCENTRATION AND REMOVING TENSION.

VARIATION 6

ASHTANGA NAMASKAR

TECHNIQUE

• SPREAD A BLANKET ON THE FLOOR.
• LOWER THE BODY TO THE FLOOR AND TOUCH THE FLOOR WITH TOES OF BOTH FEET, THE TWO KNEES, THE CHEST, THE HANDS AND THE CHIN.
• THE HIPS AND THE ABDOMEN SHOULD BE RAISED SLIGHTLY OFF THE FLOOR.

 

BENEFITS

THIS ASAN EXPANDS THE CHEST, BROADENS THE SHOULDERS, STRENGTHEN THE LEG AND ARMS MUSCLES AND IMPROVES DIGESTION AND BLOOD CIRCULATION.

VARIATION 7

BHUJANGASANA

THE TECHNIQUE AND BENEFITS OF THIS ASAN HAVE ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED IN ASAN 12.

VARIATION 8

PADAHASTANASANA

THIS ASAN IS A REPETITION OF VARIATION 3. WITH SLIGHTLY CHANGE. PLACE THE RIGHT FOOT NEXT TO THE LEFT FOOT. KEEP BOTH THE LEGS ERECT AND TRY TO BRING THE FOREHEAD AS CLOSE TO THE KNEES AS POSSIBLE. IF YOU CANNOT TOUCH THE KNEES, DO NOT BEND THE LEGS. EXHALE WHILE BENDING THE BODY.

VARIATION 9

HASTA UTTANASANA

THIS ASAN IS A REPETITION OF VARIATION 2 WITH SLIGHT CHANGES. STAND WITH BODY ERECT AND INHALE AND RAISE THE ARMS ABOVE THE HEAD, AND KEEP THE ARMS SEPARATED. BEND THE HEAD AND ARMS BACKWARD SLIGHTLY.

VARIATION 10

PRANAMASANA

 

THIS IS THE FINAL VARIATION OF SURYA NAMASKAR AND ISMORE OR LESS THE SAME AS VARIATION NO1. BRING THE HANDS IN FRONT OF THE CHEST AND PLACE THE PALMS TOGETHER AND EXHALE. RELEASE THE WHOLE BODY.

BENEFITS

• WITH THE BRIEF TECHNIQUE OF EACH VARIATION, THE OVER ALL BENEFITS OF ALL THE 10 VARIATIONS ARE SO MANY. 
• THE COMPLETE ROUND OF 10 VARIATIONS ARE HIGHLY BENEFICIAL TO ALL THE SYSTEMS OF THE BODY, ENDOCRINAL, CIRCULATORY, RESPIRATORY AND DIGESTIVE SYSTEM.
• SURYA NAMASKAR VENTILATES AND TONES UP THE LUNGS AND GLANDS, OXYGENATES THE BLOOD, CURES ASTHMA, DIABETES, KIDNEY AILMENTS, BRONCHITIS AND MENSTRUAL CYCLE.
• IT REMOVES HYPER-TENSION, PALPITATION, TONES UP THE NERVOUS SYSTEM BY STRETCHING AND BENDING THE SPINAL COLUMN.
• IT ALSO IMPROVES THE MEMORY, STIMULATES THE ACTIVITY OF THE ENDOCRINE GLANDS PARTICULARLY THYROID.
• IT ALSO REFRESHES THE SKIN BY EVACUATING TOXIC PRODUCTS THROUGH THE SKIN.
• SURYA NAMASKAR ALSO TONES UP AND STRENGTHENS THE MUSCLES STRUCTURE OF THE WHOLE BODY.

 

VATAYANASAN

ABOUT

THIS ASAN ALSO BELONGS TO THE MEDITATIVE ASANAS AND IS HELD IN HIGH ESTEEM BY THE MODERN YOGIS.

TECHNIQUE

 

• ON A FOLDED BLANKET, SIT WITH BOTH THE LEGS STRETCHED.
• BEND THE RIGHT LEG FROM THE KNEE AND PLACE THE RIGHT FOOT BELOW RIGHT THIGH.
• RAISE UP THE TRUNK FROM THE FLOOR AND PLACE THE RIGHT KNEE ON THE FLOOR.
• EXPAND WITH CHEST WITH FOOT AND THE RIGHT KNEE.
• RAISE THE HANDS FROM THE ELBOWS AND TOUCH THE PALMS WITH EACH OTHER.
• REMAIN IN THIS POSITION FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES AND BREATHE SLOLWY.
• KEEP THE HEAD AND THE SPINE STRAIGHT.
• THEN RELEASE THE ARMS AND THE LEGS.
• NOW PRACTICE THIS POSE WITH REVERSE THE POSITION OF LEGS.
• RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL POSITION AND RELAX.

 

BENEFITS

THIS ASAN IS HIGHLY BENEFICIAL FOR THE HIPS, KNEES, JOINTS AND THE ABDOMEN. IT ALSO HELPS INCREASE THE POWER OF CONCENTRATION. IMPROVE DIGESTION AND REMOVE PAIN IN HIPS, JOINTS AND KNEES. IT ALSO STIMULATES DIGESTIVE ORGANS.

GORAKSHASAN

(GORAKH NATH'S POSE)

ABOUT 

THIS ASANA IS NAMED AFTER GORAKHNATH, A RENOWNED YOGI WHO USED TO MEDITATE IN THIS POSE FOR HOURS TOGETHER. THIS ASAN IS ONE OF THE POPULAR AND POWERFUL ASANAS FOR CONCENTRATION AND MEDITATION.

TECHNIQUE

• ON A FOLDED BLANKET, ADOPT A SITTING POSITION PLACING THE HEELS TOGETHER.
• RAISE THE HEELS UPWARD TOWARDS THE NAVEL, KEEPING THE TOES ON THE FLOOR.
• CROSS THE WRISTS IN FRONT OF THE NAVEL ANDHOLD THE HEELS AND TOUCH THE LEFT HEEL WITH RIGHT HAND AND RIGHT HEEL WITH LEFT HAND.
• KEEP THE HEAD, NECK AND SPINE STRAIGHT AND BREATHE SLOWLY.
• COME TO THE ORIGINAL POSITION AND RELAX.

BENEFITS

THIS ASAN CURES DIABETES, ARTHRITIS, JAUNDICE AND STRENGTHENS THE MUSCLES OF LEGS AND FEET AND MAKES THEM FLEXIBLE. THIS ASAN ALSO REMOVES MANY SEXUAL DISORDERS AND FAT IN THE ABDOMINAL REGION.

MOOLA BANDHASAN

ABOUT

THIS ASAN WAS ALSO HELP IN HIGH ESTEEM BY SOME ANCIENT YOGIS. THE ASAN IS ONE OF THE POWERFUL, FASCINATING AND POPULAR MEDITATIVE ASANAS HAVING MANY THERAPEUTIC ADVANTAGES. YOGIS BELIEVE THAT THIS ASAN STIMULATES THE BODY'S MAIN NERVE CENTRE. THIS ASAN BELONGS TO THE ADVANCED GROUP OF ASANAS.

TECHNIQUE

• ADOPT A SITTING POSITION ON A FOLDED BLANKET.
• STRETCH THE LEGS FOWARD AND BEND THE KNEES BRINGING THE FEET TOGETHER AT THE PERINEUM.
• BREATHE SLOWLY AND COMFORTABLY.
• RAISE THE BODY ON THE HEELS, SO THAT, THE HEELS PRESS THE PERINEUM.
• WHEN YOU FEEL STRAIN IN THE LEGS, COME TO THE ORIGINAL POSITION AND RELAX.

BENEFITS

 

 

THIS ASAN IS MORE BENEFICIAL FOR CELEBRATES. IT TONES ALL THE SEXUAL AND ELIMINATE ORGANS. IT STRENGTHENS THE MUSCLES OF THE FEELS, LEGS AND THIGHS AND MAKES THEM SUPPLE AND ELASTIC. IT ALSO HELPS IN ATTAINING THE POWER OF CONCENTRATION. IT ALSO TONES THE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS AND URINARY SYSTEM AND ENHANCES THE HEALTH OF THE SEX GLANDS.

NAUKASANA

(THE BOAT POSE)

ABOUT

THIS ASAN IS ONE OF THE SIMPLEST ASANAS BELONGING TO THE ENERGY BLOCKING GROUP OF ASANAS. ENERGY IN THE FORM OF PRANA (LIFE FORCE) IS IN EVERY PART OF THE BODY. IT MUST HAVE FREE FLOW. SOMETIMES DUE TO CERTAIN IMPURITIES OR CHEMICAL REACTIONS, THE FREE FLOW IS BLOCKED RESULTING IN STIFFNESS, RHEUMATISM AND MUSCULAR TENSION. THIS ASAN WHEN PERFORMED CORRECTLY RESEMBLES THE SHAPE OF A BOAT. HENCE, NAMED NAUKASANA. IT HAS NUMBER OF VARIATIONS.

TECHNIQUE

• LIE FLAT ON THE FLOOR FACING THE SKY WITH HANDS CLASPED AT THE BACK.
• RAISE YOUR FEET, HEAD AND CHEST UP AS TO FORM A CURVE ON THE FLOOR AND YOUR BODY RESTS ON ABDOMEN.
• IN THIS POSE, THE BODY LOOKS LIKE A BOAT.
• BREATHE SLOLWY AND RHYTHMICALLY.
• REMAIN IN THIS POSE FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES, AND ROCK THE BODY FROM ONE SIDE TO ANOTHER LIKE A BOAT.

 

BENEFITS

 

 

THIS ASAN ELIMINATES THE GAS FROM THE ABDOMEN, CURES BELCHING AND HICCOUGH. IT ALSO BRINGS THE DISLOCATED NAVEL PLEXUS TO ITS ORIGINAL POSITION. IT ALSO CURES DISORDERS OF LIVER AND THE GALL BLADDER, STRENGTHENS THE INTESTINES AND COLON. THIS ASAN IS EXCELLENT FOR PREGNANT WOMEN UPTO FOUR MONTHS. THE ASAN IMPROVES DIGESTION AND SHARPENS APPETITE.

OMKARASANA 

(OM POSE)

ABOUT

THIS IS ANOTHER SIMPLE ASAN AND CAN BE DONE BY ANYONE SICK OR HEALTHY, YOUNG OR OLD IRRESPECTIVE OF SEX. IN SANSKRIT "VRSABHA" MEANS "AN OX.

TECHNIQUE

• ON A FOLDED BLANKET SIT IN ANY POSE AND BEND THE LEGS SIDEWAYS.
• KEEP THE FEET AT SOME DISTANCE AND HANDS IN FRONT OF THE HEAD.
• BREATHE SLOWLY, DEEPLY AND FREELY.
• REMAIN IN THIS POSE FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES.

BENEFITS

 

THIS ASAN TONES THE MUSCLES OF HANDS, ARMS, SHOULDERS AND THIGHS. IT INVIGORATES RESPIRATORY, DIGESTIVE AND CIRCULATORY SYSTEMS. IT ALSO RELIVES GAS FROM THE ABDOMEN AND REMOVES CONSTIPATION, PREVENTS DISEASE AND PROMOTES HEALTH.

MATSYA KRIDASANA 

(THE FLOPPING FISH POSE)

ABOUT

THIS SIMPLE BUT BENEFICIAL ASAN BELONGS TO THE RELAXATION GROUP OF ASANAS. THIS ASAN ALSO CAN BE PERFORMED BY ANYONE EASILY. THIS ASAN IS MORE USEFUL WHEN ONE FEELS TIRED OR FATIGUED. THE ASAN WHEN PERFORMED CORRECTLY REMINDS ONE OF A FLOPPING FISH.

TECHNIQUE

• SPREAD A BLANKET ON THE FLOOR AND LIE ON THE STOMACH WILL FINGERS INTERLOCKED UNDER THE HEAD.
• FOLD THE LEFT LEG SIDEWAYS AND BRING THE KNEE CLOSE THE RIBS AND REST THE LEFT ELBOW ON THE LEFT KNEE.
• BREATHE SLOWLY AND FREELY.
• REMAIN IN THIS POSE FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES.

BENEFITS

 

 

THIS ASAN REMOVES EXCESS FAT ON HIPS, THIGHS AND WAIST. IT MASSAGES THE INTESTINES AND REMOVES CONSTIPATION, SHOULDER PAIN, HEADACHE AND NIGRAINE. IT ALSO INVIGORATES THE NERVOUS SYSTEM.

SIRSHASANA

(THE HEAD STAND POSE)

ABOUT

IN SANSKRIT "SIRSHA" MEANS "HEAD", SIRSHASANA IS THE MOST IMPORTANT, POPULAR SPECTACULAR AND EXTREMELY BENEFICIAL ASAN. IT IS CALLED THE KING OF ASANS WHILE OTHER THINK OF IT AS QUEEN OF THE ASANAS. TO A LAYMAN YOGA MEANS SIRSHASANA, AND SIRSHASANA MEANS YOGA. 

IN THE WEST THIS ASAN IS POPULARLY KNOWN AS "TOPSI-TURVY" POSE. TO THOSE WHO ARE IGNORANT, IT SEEMS MADNESS TO PERFORM HEADSTAND AND BREAK THEIR NECK. PERSONS SUFFERING FROM HIGH BLOOD-PRESSURE, THROMBOSIS, VERTIGO, BLOOD IMPURITIES SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT THIS ASAN. YOGIS RECOMMEND THE SIRSHASANA TO ELIMINATE THE DIS-ADVANTAGE WHICH APPEARS FROM STANDING UPRIGHT. THIS ASAN TOO HAS A NUMBER OF VARIATIONS AND INNUMERABLE BENEFITS.

TECHNIQUE

• ON A FOLDED BLANKET, PLACE A FOLDED TOWEL, ADOPT VAJRASANA POSE.
• THIS ASAN IS PERFORMED WITH THE HELP OF THE HANDS AND ARMS.
• THE WHOLE WEIGHT OF THE HEAD, TRUNK THE BODY IS PLACED ON THE INTER-TWINED HANDS AND ELBOWS.
• BEND FORWARD AND PLACE THE FOREARMS ON THE FLOOR WITH FINGERS INTER-TWINED AND ELBOWS IN FRONT OF THE KNEES.
• PLACE THE CROWN OF THE HEAD BETWEEN THE INTER-TWINTED HANDS.
• SLOWLY MOVE THE LEGS TOWARDS THE TRUNK AND ALLOW THE KNEES TO BEND, SO THAT, THE BACK IS UPRIGHT AND THE THIGHS PRESS  AGAINST THE ABDOMEN AND LOWER CHEST.
• SLOWLY TRANSFER THE BODY WEIGHT FROM THE TOES TO THE HEAD AND ARMS.
• WHEN THE BALANCE HAS BEEN MAINTAINED, RAISE AND STRENGTHEN THE HIPS, SO THAT THE THIGHS MOVE UP.
• SLOWLY RAISE THE LEGS HIGH UP IN THE AIR TILL THE WHOLE BODY BECOMES ERECT.
• STAND IN THIS POSE FOR TEN SECONDS AND GRADUALLY INCREASE THE PERIOD OF TIME.
• ALWAYS BREATHE SLOWLY WITHOUT ANY JERK TO THE FLOOR TO THE ORIGINAL POSITION.
• AFTER COMPLETING THE ASAN STAND ERECT FOR A MINUTE.
• THIS WILL HARMONISE THE BLOOD CIRCULATION.

VARIATION 2

• ADOPT THE POSE OF SIRSHASANA.
•  KEEP THE HANDS SEPARATED AND MAINTAIN BALANCE ON HEAD AND HANDS. 
• STRETCH THE THIGHS AND KEEP THE SOLES OF THE FEET TOGETHER.
•  THIS ASAN IS CALLED OORDHWA PADAMASANA (THE HEAD STAND LOTUS POSE) BY SOME YOGIS.

VARIATIONS 3

• ADOPT THE POSE OF VARIATION NO 2 AND INTER-TWINE THE LEGS. BREATHE SLOWLY AND NORMALLY. 
• REMAIN IN THIS POSE FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS AND INCREASE THE PERIOD OF TIME GRADUALLY.

VARIATION 4

• ADOPT THE POSE OF VARIATION 3 AND STRETCH THE LEGS APART AS MUCH AS YOU CAN WITHOUT ANY JERK OR STRAINER PAIN.
•  REMAIN IN THIS POSE FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS AND INCREASE THE PERIOD OF TIME GRADUALLY.

 

VARIATION 5

• ADOPT THE POSE OF SIRSHASANA AND KEEP THE HANDS FOLDED IN FRONT OF THE HEAD.
• IN THIS POSTURE GREATER PRESSURE IN PUT ON THE HEAD AND ALL THE LIGAMENTS CONNECTED WITH THE VERTEBRAL COLUMN GET SUFFICIENT BLOOD.

VARIATION 6

• ADOPT THE POSE OF SIRSHASANA AND TWIST THE SPINE IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.
• IN THIS POSE SPINE IS FREELY ROTATED TOWARDS IN THE RIGHT SIDE.

VARIATION 7

• ADOPT THE POSE OF SIRSHASANA AND TWIST THE SPINE IN THE DIRECTIONS.
• IN THIS POSE THE SPINE IS ROTATED THE LEFT SIDE.

VARIATION 8

• ADOPT THE POSE OF SIRSHASANA.
• BRING DOWN THE KNEES AND TOUCH THE ARMPITS, SO THAT, THE KNEES CAN BE RESTED ON THE ARMS.

BENEFITS

 

IN THIS ASAN THE WHOLE WEIGHT OF THE BODY RESTS ON THE HEAD AND THE ACTION EXTENDS UPTO THE BASE OF THE SPINE AND SACRUM WHICH SUPPORTS THE WHOLE WEIGHT OF THE BODY. SIRSHASANA INFLUENCE CIRCULATION OF BLOOD TREMENDOUSLY. THE STOMACH IS LIKE A LABORATORY OR WORSHOP OF THE BODY AND IN THIS WORSHOP THE DIAPHRAGM PLAYS MOST VIRAL ROLE. MANY PERSONS AFTER THE AGE OF 40 BECOME VICTIMS OF PROSTRATE TROUBLE. SUCH PERSONS CAN GET OF THE TROUBLE BY PRACTISING SIRSHASANA REGULARLY AND CORRECTLY. SIRSHASANA STRENGTHENS AND MASSAGE THE LIVER, KIDNEY, STOMACH, INTESTINES, IMPROVE DIGESTION AND REMOVE HEPATIC CONGESTION.

 

BRAIN WITH BILLION OF NERVE CELLS IS THE MOST SENSITIVE AND HIGHLY COMPLEX ORGAN IN THE BODY. THIS ORGAN COMPARED TO OTHER ORGANS REQUIRES ENORMOUS QUANTITY OF BLOOD. THE FACE RECEIVING PLENTY OF ARTERIAL BLOOD GROWS YOUNGER AND YOUTHFUL WITHOUT, WRINKLES AND THE GROWTH OF THE HAIR BECOMES HEALTHY. THE GREAT SAGE PATANJALI HAS RIGHT SAID, "SIRSHANA" LIKE SARVANGASANA IS THE DESTROYER OF ALL DISEASES AND BESTOWER OF HEALTHY LIFE.