Yoga as Therapeutic Exercise: A Practical Guide for Manual Therapists

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Chapter

Selected āsanas for integrating the aims and principles

Selected asanas̄ Selected āsanas

Selected asanas̄ Selected āsanas

Suggestions for modifications using props

•    Rest   your    knees   on  a   chair,  with    the feet    on  the 

back of the chair (Figure 7.104).

•    Put    the tips    of  your    toes    on  a   chair.

•    Rest   your    thighs  on  a   stool   with    legs    straight.   

The stool is supporting your legs up to the groin

(Figure 7.105). Adjust the height of the stool

with one or two folded blankets if necessary to

have the optimum height for your trunk. Rest

your arms around your head. If your knees can

take it, put a weight, e.g., a sandbag, on the

heels, to improve the stretch for your trunk

(Figure 7.106).

Variation (Figure 7.107)

1. Start in Sālamba Sarvā gāsana.


2. Lower your legs over your head nearly
   horizontally.


3. Find a balance on your shoulders without
   straining the neck.


4. Take your hands away from your back to move
   the arms sideways.


5. Balancing carefully without straining the
   neck, lift the palms of your hands to your
   knees.


6. Now stretch your arms, get a good balance on
   the shoulders, and put the weight of the legs into
   the hands.


7. Now the legs are fully supported by the
   stretched arms.


8. Concentrate on your breathing.

Figure 7.104

Figure 7.105

Figure 7.106 Figure 7.107