Jalandhari pava asana

Description

Jalandhari pava asana: asana

Asana Type

Forward Bend

PRAMANA

Āpta Pramāṇa - आप्त प्रमाण

Apta Pramana Source

Joga Pradipika III.267-269

Transliteration

"jalandharé päva äsana dou eòé mailakai déjai häti pasäré | puni cyibuka mukhanäsikä tä òhiga bhüpari dhäri ॥ 268 ॥

• for extended verse see end of chapter"

Translation

Extend both the legs in front with heels together. Place the chin, mouth and nose on the heels. Insert both the hands below the legs keeping elbows together and let the elbows and fingers placed on the ground. Palms facing upward. Gaze at the tip of nose. It removes diseases like dropsy.

Steps/Technique

"1. Sit with the feet together knees spread out. 2. Insert the hands below the legs, forearms on the ground, palms facing up. 3. Bring the chin to the ground neer the heels. 4. Gaze at the tip of the nose."

Atma Pramana Benefits

Opens and stretches muscles of the groins, inner thighs and the back.

Simple sketch

Jalandharipavasana (JP - 268 - 270).