Light on Yoga: The Bible of Modern Yoga

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Yogasanas, Bandha and Kriya 301 and balance the body on the right leg. (Plate 383.) The left leg lies across the back of the nec ...

302 Light on Yoga 5· Then put the right leg behind the neck and repeat the cycle of asanas given above, reading the word 'left' ...

Y ogasanas, Bandha and Kriya 303 Being, the first deity of the Hindu Trinity, to whom is entrusted the work of creating the worl ...

304 Light on Yoga Stay in this pose from 10 to 20 seconds with normal breathing. Unclasp the hands, lower the left leg, straigh ...

Yogasanas, Bandha and Kriya 305 ness. It is also the name given to the sleep of Visnu at the end of a Yuga, an age of the world. ...

306 Light on Yoga 390 39I Exhale and release the hand grip behind the back and the leg grip behind the neck. 9· Relax on the f ...

Effects Yogasanas, Bandha and Kriya 307 In this pose the spine is given a fu ll forward stretch and one feels a pleasing sensati ...

308 Light on Yoga 392 393 After holding this posture, place the palms on the floor by the side of the hips, exhale, straighten ...

394 395 Y ogiisanas, Bandha and Kriya 309 more and greater strain is fe lt on the neck, the sacrolumbar region of the spine and ...

310 Light on Yoga of kings and the author of several Vedic hymns, particularly of the seventh Ma!f<;fala of the �g Veda. He w ...

Yogosanas, Bandha and Kriya 3II left hand and the left foot. Repeat the pose on this side for the same length of time, following ...

312 Light on Yoga demons). By his other wives he had diversified and numerous progeny such as serpents, reptiles, birds and nymp ...

400 Yogasanas, Bandha and Kri'ya^313 7· Rest the right palm on the floor and come back to Uttanasana (Plate 47), take a few brea ...

314 Light on Yoga floor and take the legs back about 4 to 5 feet, as in Adho Mukha Svan­ asana. (Plate 75) Exhale, swing the ri ...

Effects Y ogasanas, Bandha and Kriya (^3) r 5 This pose strengthens the hands and the abdominal organs and exercises the thigh m ...

316 Li'ght on Yoga 406 7· Stay in this position for 20 to 30 seconds with normal breathing. Exhale, bend the elbows, lower the ...

Yogasanas, Bandha and Kriya 317 Exhale, bend the knees and lower the legs so that the thighs touch the stomach and chest. 3· P ...

318 Light on Yoga 409 410 Pezrsva Bakasana Sixteen* (Plate^412 ) Parsva means side, flank or oblique, baka means a crane or a w ...

411 412 Yogasanas, Bandha and Kriya 319 Rest the right thigh on the back of the upper left arm as near the armpit as possible. E ...