Light on Yoga: The Bible of Modern Yoga

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Technique
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Y ogasanas, Bandha and Kriya 333


  1. Perform Salamba Si'r�asana II. (Plate 192)

  2. Exhale, lower the legs straight together until they are parallel to the
    floor. (Plate 434.) Pause here and take a few breaths.


3· Exhale, bend the legs and move the left leg sideways to the right.
Place the left leg over the back of the upper right arm so that the outer
side of the left thigh above the knee rests as near the right armpit as
possible. (Plate 439.) Take a few breaths and balance.


(^439)
4· Stretch the left leg straight sideways and the right leg straight back.
(Plate 440.) Take two breaths.
440
5· Exhale, raise the head above the floor, extend the arms and balance on
the hands. Keep both legs straight and taut at the knees. (Plate 441.)

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