Dhanurasana

Dhanurasana:

This asana engages another system of dragging the leg which gives the impression of a bow with an arrow to be shot. Consequently it is called Dhanurasana.

Griping the toes with hands, dragging them up to the ears, (and thus) assuming the shape of an extended bow. There are two techniques of practicing this asana.

Technique first:

1. Sit on the land and stretch the legs in face.
2. Grip the toe of the right foot with the left hand.
3. Grip the left leg with the right hand and attempt to stretch the right elbow backwards to the extent that possible.
4. Now turn the left leg slowly. Get the left foot to the chin and then the left knee to the left armpit.
5. This pose will bring the thigh close to the abdomen.
6. Take the breath in holding position and then exhale slowly.
7. Do the pose on the other leg again.
8. Slowly, enlarge the time period of holding the posture maximum to 5 minutes.
9. Breathe in and exhaling brings the left leg on the thigh of the right leg.
10. Return both the hands to their place.
11. Make straight the left leg and get the sitting position.

Benefits of Dhanurasana:

1. The practice of this asana provides full exercise to the legs, the joints, the joints of the hands and the muscles of the neck and the spine.
2. This asana improves women's grievances of irregular menstruation and ends the disorders of ovary and pain in the lower part of the abdomen.
3. It makes the chest and the abdominal organs strong.
4. This asana treats the pain in the loins, indigestion, tonsillitis, constipation, gout, the tumor in the armpit, pain in the legs, etc.
5. As this asana makes the lungs strong, the chest is gotten bigger.

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