- Urdhva Dhanurasana
Urdhva Dhanurasana, also known as Upward Bow, Backbend, or Wheel, is a
yoga pose. In yoga, bridge is the name of a different pose.Details
In this asana, the practitioner lies on his or her back and pushes up, balancing just on the hands and feet.
Practitioners may wish to approach this asana with care and be aware of their own body's limitations, 'saving the edge'. In any yoga class, it's always appropriate to substitute this asana for another. In this case, bridge asana (when the weight is kept off the cervical spine) may be a good replacement.
This asana is most know as Chakrasana, because the spinal cord it's completely streched providing free flow of energy between the chakras. Under neurophysiological point of view, this posture promotes the spinal cord pathway spinal cord in
Neurophysiology , is excited and then relaxed, in order to provide a free neurotransmitters flow from the hypotalamic system to the most important nervous centers in the body.In the posture, is most important breath deeply with the body navel region, better know as Hara region, the most important prana region center.
Finished the posture, is important go to the counterpart asana like Balasana, where the practitioner take time to feel a heat and cool sensations in a complete central nervous system. The sensations are the flow of prana and apana, or the flow of prana in pingala and ida nadis. Advanced practitioners, could take advantake moving both flows to the sushuma nadi, this brings Dharana state, jumping the Pratyahara state, because all the external senses are closed, because the complete body prana is flowing inside sushuma nadi.
Some internal benefits can be achieved with Matsyendrasana posture, but taking care in complete both sides of the body. But physical benefits are different.
This pose is called a bridge in
gymnastics . It can be achieved while performing aback limber by bending backward from a standing position. A bridge can also be achieved during afront limber by placing the hands on the floor and jumping so that the feet land on the floor in front of the hands.ee also
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List of Hatha yoga postures References
* [http://www.yogajournal.com/poses/473_1.cfm Urdhva Dhanurasana (Upward Bow Pose, Backbend, or Wheel)] at yogajournal.com
* [http://www.zendle.com/community/store/content/32899073/75944688019039/Urdhva_Dhanurasana_Basic.html Video of Urdhva Dhanurasana (Upward Bow Pose, Backbend, or Wheel)] at zendle.com
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