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Bowing Pose (Pranamasana)

Pranamasana is an Indian translation for Bowing pose. You can learn this asana as below:

Routine Benefits
Breathing Pattern Consciousness
Contraindication  

Routine:

  • Get in the Vajrasana pose.

  • Keep the spinal chord and the neck straight.

  • Keep the eyes open.

  • Place both the hands near the ankles.

  • Grip the ankles firmly with four fingers keeping the thumb above them.

  • Exhaling out bend the upper torso forward.

  • Allow the forehead to touch the floor or cushion.

  • Slowly raise up the waist to the maximum.

  • Realize the strain over knee and the back.

  • Attempt to touch the collarbone with chin.

  • Slowly come back in the Vajrasana pose.

  • This completes the cycle. Practice this for at least five times initially.

Breathing Patterns:

  • Exhale out while bending the upper torso forward.

  • Inhale when you raise the waist up.

  • Hold the breath if no high blood pressure problem.

Consciousness:

  • Physical - on the breathing and that part of the body where you realize the sensation while practicing.

  • Spiritual - on Sahasradhara Chakra.

Benefits:

  • Blood circulations towards brain raise the level of consciousness.

  • Asthma.

  • Promotes drainage of the lungs and chest.

  • Helps to open the air passages.

  • Decompresses the lower cervical and upper thoracic vertebrae and nerve roots.

Contraindications:

  • High blood pressure.
  • Spinal or waist or neck pain.
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Techniques adapted from Asana, Pranayama, Mudra, Bandha by Swami
Satyananda published by Yoga Publications Trust, Munger, Bihar.

 
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