Light on Yoga: The Bible of Modern Yoga

280 Light on Yoga Bhujapzdasana Eight* (Plate 348) Bhuja means an arm or shoulder. P1da means pain or pressure. In this asana, ...

347 Yoga.sanas, Bandha and Kriya 281 7· Remain in the balancing position with normal breathing as long as the wrists can bear th ...

282 Light on Yoga while repeating the pose place the left foot over the right one at the ankle. Effects By the practice of this ...

352 353 354 Y ogasanas, Bandha and Kriya^283 legs from the floor (either one by one or together) and at the same time stretch th ...

(^284) Light on Yoga 7· Lower the head to the floor and then the legs. Place the knees on the floor by the side of the hands, th ...

Y ogezsanas, Bandha and Kriya 285 3· Bend the elbows and keep the forearms together. Rest the dia­ phragm on the elbows and the ...

286 Light on Yoga The pose is given below in two stages: in the second, the hands are lifted from the floor and the palms cupped ...

Yogasanas, Bandha and Kriya 287 minute. This is the first stage. In the beginning, try to get the balance by doing the pose agai ...

(^288) Light on Yoga 359 13 3. Kurmasana Fourteen* (Plates 363 and 364) Kiirma means a tortoise. The asana is dedicated to Kiirm ...

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290 Light on Yoga Widen the lege; until the distance between the two knees is about a foot and a half. Bend the knees and lift ...

Y ogasanas, Bandha and Kriyli 291 Now turn the wrists so that the palms face up, and keeping the legs, trunk and head in the sa ...

292 Light on Yoga 368 the feet place the left foot over the right one. This will develop the legs evenly. IO. Inhale, lift the h ...

370 Y ogasanas, Bandha and Kriyii 293 Bend the knee, lift the left foot and bring it near the trunk by holding the left ankle w ...

294 Light on Yoga 37! 5· Remain in this position from^15 to 6o seconds with deep breathing. Unfold the p(llms, hold the left an ...

Y ogasanas, Bandha and Kriya 295 prospect of Siva having a son seemed to the other gods to be very faint, because he was continu ...

296 Light on Yoga 373 Technique I. From Skandasana (Plate 372) with the left leg placed on the back of the neck, inhale and rais ...

374 375 Technique Y ogasanas, Bandha and Kriya 297 After releasing the hand grip in Kapilasana (Plate 374), exhale and recline ...

298 Light on Yoga 4· Exhale, take the right arm off the floor, turn the trunk to the right and place the right arm along the rig ...

Technique Y og asanas, Bandha and Kriya 299 r. From Kala Bhairavasana (Plate 375), place the right palm on the floor and bending ...