Sitting position—(Sit down with legs stretched in
front keeping hands on the ground near the hips.)
1.
Put
the right keg on the left thigh near the groin, the heel touching the abdomen.
2.
Put
the left leg in the same manner on the right thigh.
3.
Rest
the hands on the feet keeping the palms up and the thumb touching the
forefinger.
4.
Look
at the chest, inhale and stretch the chest . (Adbomen should be drawn in.)
final popsition.
5.
Exhale
and relax the chest.
6.
Move
the hands in original position.
7.
hold
the left leg and make it straight.
8.
Get
to the original position.
Practis this by putting the left leg on the right
thigh first. Do deep breathing when in ordinary as well as in Padmasan
position.
(Deep breathing by inhaling and exhaling, breath
through nostrils slowly).
Benefits—Gives relaxation, purity, sublimity to mind.
Improves memory. Makes the spinal column flexible, improves digestion, expands
chest, corrects ailments of heart and mind, corrects arthritis, helps in
celibacy, strengthens lungs and adds to sublimity of mind.