ARDHA BADDHA PADMA PASCHIMOTTANASANA

ARDHA BADDHA PADMA PASCHIMOTTANASANA

1. EXHALE. Place the right foot on the left thigh. Raise your right arm up and bring it back grab the right foot with the right hand. Bring left arm up and down grab the outside of the left foot. Look to the toes, as in A. XOr place the sole of the right foot in the inside of the left leg and grab as far as possible with your hands, as in A1.
2. INHALE. . Look half the up to the horizon keeping the grip. Lengthen the spine.
3. EXHALE. Bend forward. STAY HERE FOR 5 LONG DEEP BREATHS
4. INHALE. Look half the up to the horizon. Lengthen the spine.
5. EXHALE. Release the legs. VINYASA

-REPEAT ALL THE STEPS IN THE LEFT SIDE-
-VINYASA-

EFFECTS:

Due to the half lotus pose,the knees become flexible enough to execute the full lotus pose. While placing the chin on the knee of the extended leg, the bent knee is brought close to the stretched leg. This gives a good pull to the navel and abdominal organs. Blood is made to flow round the the navel and the geniytal organs. The navel is considered top be a nerve centre, and the Svadhisthana Chakra, one of the purificatory fly-wheels in the human vervous system, is situated there. This chakra corresponds to the hypo-gastric plexus. The pose is recommended for persons with rounded and drooping shoulders.