- Stand erect with a distance of one foot between your
feet, keeping the feet parallel.
- Keep palms in a relaxed fist.
- Breathing in, rotate your arms and bring them up to the
respective ears. Stretch the spine backward as much as you
can. (refer to picture 1 above)
- Breathing out, slowly bend forward and get your forehead
as low as possible.
- Simultaneously, rotate your arms in the opposite direction
and try to get your hands as close to the head as possible.
- Maintain this position with suspension of breath for
some time.
- Breathing in, slowly come up.
- Breathing out, relax.
Benefits: Provides an anterior-posterior
stretch to the spine, thereby increasing spinal flexibility.
Limitations: Heart patients and hypertensives
should avoid this strenuous asana, severe arthritis, acute
slipped disc any spinal injuries or surgeries to avoid Cakrasana.
BHAVA : AISWARYA
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