head toward your knees. Bend your knees as much as you
need to in the hand to feet pose. In this forward flexion,
you balance the extension of the previous pose. The
mantra for this pose acknowledges the continuous move-
ment of the sun, which induces daily and seasonal
rhythms. It is associated with the creativity chakra and the
Law of Least Effort.
The mantra for this pose is Om Suryaya Namaha.- ASHWASANCHALANASANA—EQUESTRIANPOSE
Now stretch back your right leg while looking upward,
breathing easily in the equestrian pose. The mantra
acknowledges the wisdom that dawns when light is
brought onto a subject. It is associated with the chakra of
intuition and the Law of Dharma.
152 The Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga