Shashankasana
December 10, 2020
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SHASHANKASANA ( RABBIT POSE )
Yoga Posture name – Shashank asana
Yoga Posture Type – Forward bend
How to pronounce – Shash – Rabbit or Hare , Ank- Lap —-( Sa- Sha– ank )
English Meaning -Rabbit pose
INSTRUCTION OF SHASHANK ASANA
How to Enter –
- Sit on the Vajra asana ( If ankle issue – Place bolster or blanket under your Shinbone) and If knee pain ( then sit on the small stool and knee bent below the stool.
- Inhale, raise your both arms, Elbow straight, Slightly rotate your arms inward and shoulder blades apart from each other,
- Lengthen your spine, and stretch your both side of the torso,
- Exhale, belly in, bend forward but at the same time pull your body more forward but keep your hips back connected to your sole of the feet.
Alignment Cues –
- Shoulders externally rotated and shoulder blades away from each other.
- elongate your Spine, lengthen your both side of the torso.
- the forehead rest on the floor,
- Belly relax,
- Hip connected to Heels
- both inner ankles together
- toes pointing back
How to finish –
As you hold the posture for 2-3 minutes, With Inhale, lift your head up then chest up. walk tp your palms back, and exhale release your legs.
Modification of the pose –
- Place bolster or blanket under your Shin bone and knee.
- Sit on the small tool,
- brick or blanket under your forehead.
BENEFITS :-
- Calm the mind and relieves the stress.
- Good for the digestive system
- With abdominal breath, massage the internal organs (kidney, pancreas, liver) of Abdominal.
- improves appetite
- good for diabetes
- Good for infertility as it stimulates ovaries gland
- Good for high blood pressure.
- Soothes the nerve of the back.
CONTRAINDICATION:-
- Diarrhea
- Asthma
- any back issue
- any knee and ankle issue.
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