Marichya asana
December 10, 2020
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MARICHYA ASANA ( SAGE OF MARICHI )
PHOTO – myupchar
Yoga Posture name – Marichya asana
Yoga Posture Type – Forward bend
How to pronounce – MA – RI – CH – YA – ASANA
English Meaning – Sage of marichi – Marichi was the great grandfather of Manu ( Intelligence man)
INSTRUCTION OF MARICHYA ASANA
How to Enter –
- Sit on the floor, straighten your legs in front of you ( danda asana), Now bend your right leg,
- bring your right heel as close as you can to your right sitting bone, at the same time slightly rotate your lift leg internally, and push your left heel forward
- Now bring your right shoulder inside if right knee and grab the left toes first to your b0th hands.
- Slightly shift your weight on your left hip and bring your right armpit close to your right inner knee then slightly rotate your shoulder inward,
- armpit close to inner knee, biceps connected to your top of the shin bone, and grab your right wrist to your left hand behind the back.
- Now Inhale, Lift the chest up, lengthen the torso.
- Exhale, try to bring your chest close to your knee, instead of bending your head forward. and repeat another side.
Alignment Cues –
- Shoulder blade down and relax,
- Neck relax,
- rotate your straight leg slightly inward and push heel forward,
- keep your thigh active,
- don’t curve your back,
- try to lengthen your torso with every exhale.
- Shoulder rotate internally.
How to finish –
As you hold the posture for 2-3 minutes, With Inhale, lift your chin and chest up. and exhalation, release the hand and pose.
Modification of the pose –
- Use the Belt around if you can’t interlock your fingers behind the back,
- Sit on the blankets (if hard to sit properly,
- create half feet distance between your bent leg’s heel and hip.
Drishti –
Drishti on Your – padayorgraha
BENEFITS :-
- Calm the mind and relieves the stress.
- Good for the digestive system
- massage the internal organs (kidney, pancreas, liver) of the Abdominal.
- improves appetite
- good for diabetes
- it stimulates ovaries gland
- Good for high blood pressure, Insomnia.
CONTRAINDICATION:-
- Slip Disc
- Diarrhea
- Sacroiliac joint pain ( ask to your teacher)
- Asthma
- any back issue
- any knee ligament injury
- Hip issuse
preparatory poses:-
- Adho mukha swan asana
- Uttanasana
- Janu sirsa asana
- Aswa sanchalana
- Malasana
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