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YOGA NIDRA
Thisasanaaffords tremendous pressurebeing applied
aroundthe pelvis. lt may be
done lying down. Asanas
that normally help in doing
'this are Paschimottanasana,
Upavishtakonasana,
Kurmaasana, Karmapeedasana
and
long and smoothexahalation.
Ekapada
and Dwipadasirshaasana alsowill be helpful.
Start with Samasthithi,
then Uttanasaanaon exhalation. Then holding the
breathjump back to Chaturangadandasana.
Thenexhale Stay for a fcw breaths.
the legs and ankles forming
hold the breath, jump forthe base like a bed and the
ward to Dandasana. Lie
On the next exhalation, back on it.
backon inhalation.
draw the right leg futther up
Thendeeplyexhaling,draw and slip it behind the right
both-legsoverhead,bending shoufder so that both the
anklesare placedone on the
the knees.
other supporting the back.
Exhalingdraw the left leg In this position the entire
behind th-1 left shoulder. back will be supported by
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From GarbhaPindaasana,
one may lie back to do Uttaa'
nakumaarasana8s shown
in sketch(5). These asanas
provide a great amount of
pressuleon the Pelvicorgans.
MATSYENDRAASANA
Among the lfoiemost of
Hathayogis
of theNathasampradaya, Matsyendranathais
considered the king among
thernas his name indicates.
The asana namedafter him
of yogasana
is a masterpiece
showing the grace, poise,
and strength of yoga and
it has great therapeutic
values.
Asanasthat help to prepa(e
one for doing this asana are
ardhamatsyendrasana,
Parivritha Parsvakonasana,Pasasana,Marichaasana,
and long
Rechaka and Uddiyanabandha.
Start from Samasthithi
and proceed to do Dandaa38
ThelndianReview
Ja ta r a p r a deepam
P r a c h a n d a r u g m a n d a la
Kh a n d a -
Abhyaasat
haha*" o"'i,it"oilif,l"
nlln,
c handrasthirath,u. ro
DadaathiPumsaam'
Matsyendrasanaactivates above, it could be observedJatarangni and throroughly cannothave universal applieradicates all chronic ail- cationas a pill would havel
ments. lt activateskundalini Thus unless one has been
and gives mental steao,ness. practisingfrom a young age,
thesemay not be of much
About Matsyendra, an practicalvalue. But ii could
anecdoteis mentioned.Once be observed that women
Lord Siva, the Adinatha, couldmaintainnot only good
secludingin an uninhabited health,evenas they take to
island,and thinkingit to be the grihastha dharma, as
deserted,startedtutoring His propoundedby Manu, Lut
spouseGirijaon the secrets make use of yoga practice
of Hathayoga. However, for Stri Dharma. According
remainingnear the shore, a to my Acharya, apart from
asanas,
fish started intently listening the above-mentioned
practice
women
could
Marito those instructions. Thus
c.haaggqa,
Ardhamatsyendrait attainedhigh concentraticn
Badd(Ekagratha) and remained sana,Baddhakbnasana,
hapadma,
Dhanurasana
in
steadyin the waters without
exhalation,
Sirshasana
with
absolutely any movement.
Suddenlyobservingthe fish, UddiyaanaBandha, Aakuril
in Bahyakumbh$
thus in Samadhi, the Lord chanaasana
which
ka
would help fii
realizingthat Yogahas been
limitins
the
family (Mit(
learnt by the fish, out of
santhana)
and
would faciY
gfeat campaosion (Kripaatate
the
mind
to placti#'
( Prokshitavaan)
lu), sprinkled
later
Needless
dhyana
on.
t&l
water on rhef ish. With that
say
thatthese
asanar
($
the fish, known as Matsyen"r"
dra, instantlyattained celes- be practised undera prop}
qi
tial body and was transform- guru.
ed to a Siddhaand he became
Furtherin all those .r"nff
a great teacher of yoga,
also separately *hif;
and
thereafter. The asananamed
practising
pranayama, tqF
after him is Matsyendrasana
emphasis
will be on Bahy{
and resemblesa fish twisting
kumbhaka
and the tnrffi
and beutifullyporsed,
Bandhas, especially Modh
and Uddiyana Bandhas.It
could be observedthat thef,
are the very asanas ar{i}
OTHERASANAS TCO
Bandhasthat are requiredM
be
avoidedduringPreOnancft
The asanas mentior,d
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