Ushtrasana, or the camel posture is a sitting yogasana, and is a culturing posture.Stithi: Dandasana
Step1&2: Sit in Vajrasana.
Step 3: Stand on the knees.
Step 4: Place the palms on the waist (fingers point forward). Inhale and expand chest, with exhalation, bend the trunk backwards and place the palms on the heels.
Steps 5-8 Inhale while coming back to stithi through steps 3, 2 & 1.
Benefits and limitations: This
yogasana is extremely beneficial for spinal flexibility. It also increases blood circulation to the head region. It opens up the whole front of the body – the chest, the hip flexors, the thighs, the biceps, and the shoulders, creating expansion at the cellular level. However, those with recent abdominal surgery, hernia, severe hypertension and low back must be cautious while performing this
asana.
Complementary posture is Paschimothanaasana (coming in the next issue!)
Email This Post
This entry was posted
on Thursday, November 1st, 2007 at 9:00 am and is filed under Yoga/Ayurveda.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
Loading ...