| Description
Garudasana
involves a nice stretching of different joints as well as muscles
of hands and legs.Garuda
means eagle
Benefits
Physical
Garudasana strengthens and tones
the muscles of arms and legs. Improves the flexibility of
wrist, elbows, shoulders, hips, knees and ankle joints.
Mental
Useful for calming down the mind and improve
mental stability, concentration. improves body-mind co-ordination.
Pranic
Activates muladhar chakra.
Techniques
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Stand erect, with legs together, hands
by the side of your body, palms touching the thighs, back
and spine straight yet relaxed, face relaxed. Maintain
smile on the face.
- Bend the right leg and twist it around the left, keeping
back of the right thigh on the front part of the left thigh.
- Move the foot behind the left calf so that the right shin
touches the left calf and right big toe hooks above the
inner side of the left ancle. Balance the body on the left
leg.
- Bend the elbows and bring them in front of the chest.
Twist the forearms around each other, keeping the left elbow
down. Place both the palms together in the namaskar mudra
which resembles an eagle’s beak.
- Maintain this position for a while, breathing naturally.
Release your legs and arms and return to the initial standing
position. Repeat this with other leg
Cautions
15 seconds to 3 minutes, twice or thrice.
Duration
15 seconds to half a minute once or twice.
Variation
In the final position, slowly bend at the
knee to slide the twisted leg down to touch its big toe to
the floor
Please remember that no practice can be adequately learned
from a book, written instructions. The guidelines given in
the web pages are intended to give you an introduction to
different yogic postures. However, it is advised to practice
the asanas under the guidance of a Guru or a qualified yoga
instructor.
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