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Bhujangasan (Cobra Pose)
VARIATION 1
 Life face down on the blanket. Relax all the muscles
completely. Place the palms on the blanket, below the corresponding shoulders. Raise the
head and upped portion of the body slowly, just as the cobra raises is hood. Bend the
spine well. Do not raise the body suddenly with a jerk. Roll back the slowly so that you
can actually feel the bending of the vertebrae one by one and the pressure can actually
feel the bending of the vertebrae one by one and the pressure traveling downward from the
cervical, dorsal, and lumbar regions and lastly to the sacral regions. Let the body from
the down ward to the toes touch the blanket.
Retain the pose for a while and slowly bring down the
head little by little . Breathe in while you bend a backward, hold the breath while in the
position, and exhale while coming down. Repeat the process six times.
There are many variations in this cobra pose in order to
give a maximum bending to the spine.
The deep and superficial muscles of the back are well
toned. The pose relieves the pain of the back that may have been caused by overwork. The
abdominal muscles are pulled and thereby strengthened . It increase the intra-abdominal
pressures. All the abdominal viscera are toned.
Every vertebra and its ligaments are pulled backward and
they get rich blood supply. It increases bodily heat and destroys a host of ailments.
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