Lie straight on your back, over a carpet, with feet closely together. Keep the arms stretched, close to the body, palms resting on the ground. Then fold the legs over the abdomen, also the lower part of the trunk.
Now pressing the ground with your palms, stretch the legs upwards along with the trunk and bring them to a position of making an angle of 90° with your neck. Hold the raised part of the trunk and legs with both the hands.
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Spread a folded carpet on the ground and on one side of it (say close to a wall in the beginning) place a turban-like pad of rounded piece of cloth, so that your head can be supported on it during the asana.
Kneel down on the carpet, placing the elbows and the hands on the sides. Bend the head down and place it on the pad for the head, its back being held with your hands, fingers entwined. Now bring your knees nearer and between the two elbows.
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‘Hala’ is a Hindi word for a plough. The pose of this asana, too, takes the shape of a plough. You are to lie down on your back and raise the legs and the lower portion of the trunk as described in the Sarvangasana.
Lie down on the ground with your face downwards. Join the heals, keeping the feet on the ground, and the chin resting on the ground. Place your hands under the thighs, so that the palms touch the thigh.
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In this asana one has to acquire the pose of a Cobra. Lie down with your face downwards and legs closely held together. Let your palms touch the ground below the shoulders, but fully apart. Pressing the ground with your palms, raise the elbows a little.
Start inhaling and raise your front part, your head and chest, upto the navel. Bend your chest and abdomen to the maximum, with your head thrown backwards and eyes looking up to the sky.
This is the Cobra pose. Keep the pose for a minute or so and come back exhaling to your original position.
This asana is of great benefit to the kidneys. It gives strength and elasticity to the neck, the shoulders and the spine. It helps restoring circulation of blood to the spine. It strengthens the heart also.
You are to assume the form or the pose of a bow (dhanu). Lie down on the ground keeping the face downwards. Bend your legs and hold your ankles with the hands.
Now raise the hind part of the body and then the front part as far as possible. Bend your neck backwards looking at the sky. Tighten up the body bent in the form of a bow, inhaling the breath.
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Matsya is a Sanskrit word for the fish. The asana resembles a fish. It is practised after the Sarvangasana, as it removes the slight stiffness caused in the practice of Sarvangasana.
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Mayur means a peacock and hence the pose of a peacock in this asana. Sit on your knees. Bend forward slightly. Join the elbows and rest your palms on the ground. Now bring down the abdomen on your joined elbows.
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‘Neti’ is of two types. One is ‘Sutra Neti’, in which a piece of wet thread is inserted through one side, or nostril of the nose and taken out of the mouth, but it may not be easy for all to do.
Hence ‘Jal-Neti’ is the alternative. In Jal-Neti, slightly warm and lightly saltish water is taken in a cup, or a bowl. Raise the nostril which is working and bring the bowl near that.
Lie down on the ground with your face downwards. Join the heals, keeping the feet on the ground, and the chin resting on the ground. Place your hands under the thighs, so that the palms touch the thigh.
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