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Monday, April 28, 2008
Awareness
In this posture I become very conscious of my balance, making sure that when I breathe I do so slowly to help keep my balance. Also while in this posture I feel as though I am really stretching my strength in holding postures and flexibility, especially in my hamstrings.
Benefits and Effects of Ardha Baddha Padmottasana
Some of the benefits of Ardha Baddha Padmottanasana are strengthening of your legs, flexibility in your hamstrings, better circulation, improving your digestive system by preventing gas, diarrhea, indigestion, and relieving constipation Also Ardha Baddha clenses the liver, rectum, spleen, and esophagus.
Actions Involved in Ardha Baddah Padmottasana
• Forward bend
• Lotus pose
• Tadasana
• Hamstrings are being stretched, increasing flexibility there
• As this is a forward bend, it helps the circulation of your blood in your body
• Lotus pose
• Tadasana
• Hamstrings are being stretched, increasing flexibility there
• As this is a forward bend, it helps the circulation of your blood in your body
Procedure of Ardha Baddah Padmottasana and Breathing
1. Stand in Tadasana (mountain pose)
2. Inhale bringing right leg up, placing right foot on the top of the left thigh
3. Exhale reaching right arm down to the ground, while left arm is brought around back to hold on to the right in lotus pose. Try to keep left leg straightened, but if you can not, bend the left knee to release some pressure.
4. Stay in posture for five deep breaths (inhales and exhales).
5. Inhale looking half way up to lengthen the spine
6. Exhale out of posture by releasing left hand from right foot, lowering right foot, taking right hand off of ground and standing back in Tadasana.
7. Repeat all steps performing pose on left side by replacing all right actions with left actions and left actions with right actions
A variation on this pose to modify it to make it easier could be to not bring left hand around back to hold right foot up, but just place both right and left hands on the ground.
Note: Ardha Baddha Padmottanasana is one of the postures that is included in the primary series of Ashtanga Yoga, which is considered the hardest series because it is the first series a person practicing yoga would learn, and everything is hard when you are first learning something. And when in this posture one should remember is to keep the gaze on one subject, and always keeping the eyes open to improve balance in the pose. Also one should remember bend the knees to get into the posture, then straighten the leg when finally in the pose.
2. Inhale bringing right leg up, placing right foot on the top of the left thigh
3. Exhale reaching right arm down to the ground, while left arm is brought around back to hold on to the right in lotus pose. Try to keep left leg straightened, but if you can not, bend the left knee to release some pressure.
4. Stay in posture for five deep breaths (inhales and exhales).
5. Inhale looking half way up to lengthen the spine
6. Exhale out of posture by releasing left hand from right foot, lowering right foot, taking right hand off of ground and standing back in Tadasana.
7. Repeat all steps performing pose on left side by replacing all right actions with left actions and left actions with right actions
A variation on this pose to modify it to make it easier could be to not bring left hand around back to hold right foot up, but just place both right and left hands on the ground.
Note: Ardha Baddha Padmottanasana is one of the postures that is included in the primary series of Ashtanga Yoga, which is considered the hardest series because it is the first series a person practicing yoga would learn, and everything is hard when you are first learning something. And when in this posture one should remember is to keep the gaze on one subject, and always keeping the eyes open to improve balance in the pose. Also one should remember bend the knees to get into the posture, then straighten the leg when finally in the pose.
Pictures of Ardha Baddha Padmottoasana
In this picture I am doing a modified demostration of this posture as my left hand is on the ground and not placed around my back holding my right foot on the other side.
This is a picture of a experinced yogi performing the full posture where their hand opposite of the leg in the half lotus pose is reaching around their back to hold the leg in lotus pose.
Friday, April 18, 2008
Sanskrit Name, Translation/ Meaning, and English Name
Sanskrit Name : Ardha Baddha Padmottanasana
Translation/ meaning:
Ardha : half
Baddha : bound, restrained
Padma : lotus
Ut : intense
tan : strech
Asana : pose
(half bound/ restrained lotus intense stretch pose)
English Name : half-lotus bend posture
Translation/ meaning:
Ardha : half
Baddha : bound, restrained
Padma : lotus
Ut : intense
tan : strech
Asana : pose
(half bound/ restrained lotus intense stretch pose)
English Name : half-lotus bend posture
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