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TRAINING

Posture 3: Posture of the head
      down dog, lifted leg

    (Eka Pada Adho Mukha
            Svanasana)

Lift your leg towards the sky while keeping the hips
lined up as in the classical posture of the head down
dog. This posture reinforces the whole body. Don’t
forget to practice with the other leg after.

  Posture 4: Crocodile, lifted leg
      (Eka Pada Chaturanga)

From the posture Eka Pada Adho Mukha Svanasana, go
down in Chaturanga with the eyes straight forwards,
the elbows backwards and brushing against the ribs,
you must keep a 90-degree angle with the elbows,
your arms must be spread, do not go down too low to
maintain the 90-degree angle.

Posture 5: the posture of the cobra (Bhujangasana )

                                                       of the abdomen are tensioned and the blood is
                                                       propelled towards the backbone.
                                                       Lying down on the belly, palms of the hands on
                                                       the ground, under the shoulders, expire deeply.
                                                       Inspire slowly lifting the head and the trunk
                                                       with extension of the arms. Contract your dorsal
                                                       muscles. Avoid to carry your body weight with
                                                       the arms, they must only prevent you from falling
                                                       facedown.

The entire nervous system takes advantage of this      Your legs must remain floppy during the exercise.
Asana (posture) of the cobra, the nervous toning       With the low-belly on the ground, only the trunk
is pushed at an optimum way. The right muscles         must be solicited at its basis. Keep your head up.
                                                       Increase the straightening by pushing slightly on
                                                       the toning of the dorsal muscles and abdominals.
                                                       The kidneys fully benefit from the Bhujangâsana.

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