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HomeYoga Asanas : Pawanmuktasana - Part I : Knee Crank
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Knee Crank (Janu Chakra)

Janu Chakra is an Indian translation for Knee Crank pose. You can learn this asana as below:

   
Routine Benefits
Breathing Pattern  
Consciousness  

Routine:

  • Remain in the primary position.
  • Bend the right leg from the knee.
  • The left leg should remain straight during the entire practice.

  • Bend the elbows, interlock the fingers of both hands

  • Now place the interlocked palms below the thighs.

  • If possible encircle the thighs closely at the chest level.

  • Now concentrating on the right toe, carry the lower knee part at the face level.
  • Then rotate the lower knee part in circular motion while breathing rhythmically.

  • Maintain the spinal chord and the neck in straight line during the entire exercise.

  • Initially set a small level circle, which should be gradually increased.

  • Keep your attention on the right big toe so that you could watch while rotating it.

  • At first rotate clockwise and then anti-clockwise.

  • Repeat this ten times alternately with left leg also.

  • Never apply any pressure on the knee.

Breathing Pattern:

  • Inhale during the upward movement.
  • Exhale during the downward movement.

Consciousness:

  • On the breathing.
  • Mental counting.
  • Movement.
  • The perfection of circular rotation.

Benefits:

  • Strengthens the quadriceps muscles and the ligaments around the knee joint.

  • Rejuvenates the joint by activating the healing energies.
  • Removes all knee related ailments.
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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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