Dhanurasana

Starting position—Lie face down, on the carpet, arms stretched in front.

1. Bend the legs at knee as far back as possible and catch the toes with corresponding hands.

2. Lift the knees and thighs off the ground putting hands on the toes and simultaneously raising head and chest unit poised on abdomen. Final position.

3. Put back legs and chest on the ground.

4. Get to the original position.

Practise this Asana for 2 minutes.

Benefits

Corrects ailments of spinal column, neck, lumbar, hands, legs, abdomen, chest and loser abdomen, Corrects dysentery and Gastro-intestinal ailments. Improves digestion and corrects obesity. Corrects flabbiness of abdomen.

Dhanurasana, Sarpasana and Shalbhasana and particularly beneficial for the ladies on their disorders of womb and menstruation. As these asana also have great preventive and resistive potential they should be practiced beforehand.