What is Padasana
Padasana In this asana you should keep your supporting thigh strong, lifting the kneecap up into the thigh.
- This pose strengthens the wrists, arms, shoulders, back, buttocks and neck muscles.
Also Know as: Foot Posture, One Legged Plank Pose, Pad Asan, Puma Pad Asana, Erect-standing Posture, Purna Pada Asana, Standing Pose
How to start this Asana
- Lie down with your face touching the floor.
- Bring your hands up to the shoulders, palms down; the hands should be in line with the shoulders.
- Curl the toes under and Inhale.
- Exhale and extend your arms, push up, tighten your abdominal, leg, and arm muscles.
- Inhale slowly and hold pose for a few seconds.
- Exhale and lift one leg, without bending the knee, to hip and shoulder level.
- Toes pointed.
- Inhale as you bring leg back to starting position.
- Then Exhale.
- Inhale and bend the elbows, gently lower yourself to the floor.
- Exhale and extend your arms and relax.
How to end this Asana
- Come back to the position slowly.
- Completely rest for a few seconds and repeat cycle again.
- This cycle may be preformed two or three times.
Video Tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYN6o904LpI
Benefits of Padasana
According to research, this Asana is helpful as per below(YR/1)
- Come back to the position slowly.
- Completely rest for a few seconds and repeat cycle again.
- This cycle may be preformed two or three times.
Precaution to be taken before doing Padasana
As per several scientific studies, precautions need to be taken in diseases mentioned as per below(YR/2)
- Do not allow your supporting knee to streighten fully (bend backwards).
- The most common problem in this pose is not finding the parallel alignment; so use a mirror to guide your body into a straight line; lower back flat, hips square to the ground, arms beside ears and extended leg straight.
So, consult your doctor if you have any of the problem mentioned above.
Histroy and scientific base of Yoga
Due to the oral transmission of sacred writings and the secrecy of its teachings, yoga’s past is riddled with mystery and confusion. Early yoga literature were recorded on delicate palm leaves. So it was easily damaged, destroyed, or lost. Yoga’s origins may be dated back over 5,000 years. However other academics believe it could be as old as 10,000 years. Yoga’s lengthy and illustrious history may be split into four distinct periods of growth, practise, and invention.
- Pre Classical Yoga
- Classical Yoga
- Post Classical Yoga
- Modern Yoga
Yoga is a psychological science with philosophical overtones. Patanjali begins his Yoga method by instructing that the mind must be regulated – Yogahs-chitta-vritti-nirodhah. Patanjali does not delve into the intellectual underpinnings of the need to regulate one’s mind, which are found in Samkhya and Vedanta. Yoga, he continues, is the regulation of the mind, the constraint of the thought-stuff. Yoga is a science based on personal experience. The most essential advantage of yoga is that it helps us to maintain a healthy bodily and mental state.
Yoga can help to slow down the ageing process. Since aging starts mostly by autointoxication or self-poisoning. So, we can considerably limit the catabolic process of cell degeneration by keeping the body clean, flexible, and properly lubricated. Yogasanas, pranayama, and meditation must all be combined to reap the full advantages of yoga.
SUMMARY
Padasana is helpful in increase flexibility of muscles, improves shape of the body, reduce mental stress, as well improves overall health.
