Hasta Pada Asana: Technique Benefits & Precaution in English

HASTA PADA ASANA:

Technique:

For the practice of this asana, stand straight in normal position. Now join the heels and tiptoes of the legs and keep together and leave both the hands loose, and take breath.For the practice of this asana, stand straight in normal position. Now join the heels and tiptoes of the legs and keep together and leave both the hands loose, and take breath. After that, bend your upper part of the waist forward slowly while exhaling. Keep the knees straight in this position and bend the body until hands hold heels. Now keep the face in vacant portion between the knees slowly or try to touch to the knees. Keep the legs and knees straight in this position. Stay in this position for 10 seconds in the beginning and return in normal position. Take rest for 5 seconds and repeat this asana again. Do this activity for 5-6 times regularly.

Precaution:

This asana is some difficult, so try to hold your feet fingers instead of heels in the beginning. When you get success in it, hold your heels with your hands. Try to keep your face or the head on knees thereafter try to keep your face between the knees. The fat person can feel difficulty in this asana. Therefore, they can do the practice of touching heels after by bending in the beginning.

Benefits:

This asana makes the bones of spinal cord strong and the last portion of the big intestine remains clean. It reduces obesity (fatness) and makes the stomach and reproductive organs active and fit.