Yoga Guidance: Ardhamatsyendrasana (Half Spinal Twist)

Procedure for Ardhamatsyendrasana (Half Spinal Twist)

• Sit on the ground together with your legs straight get in front of you. Shift over onto your right body part, bend your knees, and swing your legs to the left. Lay your feet on the ground outside your left hip, with the left gliding joint resting within the right arch.
• Inhale and carry through the highest of the breastbone to elongate the front trunk. Then exhale and twist your trunk to the right, keeping the left body part on or terribly near the ground. Lengthen your tailbone toward the ground to stay the lower back long. Soften the belly.
• Tuck your hand underneath your right knee and produce your right hand to the ground simply beside your right body part. Pull your left shoulder back slightly, pressing your shoulder blades firmly against your back as you still twist the chest to the right.
• You can flip your head in one amongst 2 directions: continue the twist of the trunk by turning it to the right; or counter the twist of the trunk by turning it left and looking out over the left shoulder at your feet.
• With each inhalation carry a trifle a lot of through the breastbone, exploitation the push of the fingers on the ground to help; with each exhalation twist a trifle a lot of. keep for thirty seconds to one minute, then unharness with an exhalation, come to the beginning position, and repeat to the left for constant length of your time.

Advantages of Ardhamatsyendrasana (Half Spinal Twist)

• Energizes the spine
• Stimulates the liver and kidneys
• Stretches the shoulders, hips, and neck
• Relieves menstrual discomfort, fatigue, sciatica, and ache
• Stimulates the digestive fire within the belly
• Therapeutic for asthma attack and infertility
• Traditional texts say that Ardha Matsyendrasana will increase craving, destroys most threatening diseases, and awakens kundalini.

Therapeutic Application

• Weight loss
• sciatica
• Respiratory Disorders