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Padmasan knowledge Padmasana or lotus pose is one of the most recognized pose even with people who do not belong to yoga community. Padmasana has many benefits –
- It calms the brain and stimulates the spine, abdomen, bladder and pelvis.
- It eases sciatica pain and menstrual pain.
- It helps to stretch the ankles and the knees.
- If this pose is practiced continuously till late pregnancy then it is believed to ease childbirth.
- Traditional scripts and texts say that padmasana awakens kindalini and helps destroy all he diseases.
Padmasana – sit on the yoga mat with legs folded bending at the knee. Now bring the right ankle to the left hip crease in such way that the soles of the right foot faces upwards. Slowly and similarly bring the left ankle to the right hip crease with left foot facing upwards. Padmasana is an intermediate to advanced pose of yoga so if you are a beginner then start with half lotus that is one side pose at a time and then gradually you can proceed to full lotus pose. If not performed according to the given instructions it can even cause an ankle or knee injury, so it would be wise to perform this pose under the supervision of an expert teacher.
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