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Chakrasana (Plates 488 to 499), this exercise IS exhilarating after
Urdhva Dhanudisana.

Effects

In this pose, the organs or the abdomen are contracted on one side
and stretched on the other. To balance in this pose the abdominal
muscles and organs are exercised more than the arms.

16 2. Eka Pada Bakasana II Twenty-five* (Plates 451 and 452)

Technique

1. Perform Salamba S1r�asana II. (Plate 192)
   2. Exhale, lower the legs until they are parallel to the floor. (Plate
   434.) Bend the left knee and rest the left shin on the back of the
   upper left arm as near the armpit as possible as in Bakasana. (Plate
   410.) Move the right leg to the right until it extends beyond the right
   arm, so that the inner side of the right thigh touches the back of the
   upper right arm. (Plate 448)

3· Exhale, pull the trunk up, raise the head off the floor and extend the

neck forward. (Plates 449 and 450.) Now bring the right leg in front

and stretch it straight without touching the floor. Stretch the arms

straight and balance. (Plate 451)

4· Stay in this position for 10 to 20 seconds, with full extension of

the spine and the right leg. Try to breathe normally.

5· Bend the right knee, place the head on the floor and go to Salamba

Slrsasana II. (Plate I 92)