Ardha-Matsyendrasana (Half Matsyendra Pose)
Method:
Sit with your legs stretched out. Bend your right leg at the knee, and
place the heel close to perineum. Bend the left leg at the knee, and place the
left foot by the external side of the right thigh close to the hip joint. The
left ankle will remain close to the root of the right thigh. Do not move the
right heel from perineum. Pass your right hand over the left knee rotating
whole trunk to the left, till your right shoulder and left knee press against
each other. Catch hold of your left foot or the toe firmly with your right
hand. Turn slowly and steadily to the left, swing the left hand back and hold
the right thigh at groin. Turn the neck too so that your chin is in line with
the left shoulder. Keep the chest erect. Remain thus for five seconds. Repeat
the entire procedure by switching leg positions. This will complete the pose.
The pose is to be practiced only for a few seconds to start with, the maximum
period devoted to each side being not more than a minute. The Pose Can be
repeated according to each individual’s capacity.
Benefits:
This asana stimulates the liver and kidneys. It relieves dyspepsia and
constipation, and cures loss of appetite. It Is therapeutic for muscular pain,
backache and sciatica. It makes the spine supple.
Caution:
People with back injury should not perform this asana.
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