Friday, October 18, 2013

Side stretching breathing exercise

Stand straight, with feet together, and hands on the sides as in pic 1.Eyes closed or opened. Breathe in gently and deeply. While inhaling raise your hands above your head and place in namaskar mudra as in pic 2. Hold for 5 seconds.
pic1
pic2


Then exhale and stretch the right side of the trunk as far as possible to the left , hands in namaskar mudra, as in pic 3. Inhale and return to the posture as in pic 2, hold for 5 seconds.
pic 3
Then exhale and repeat the exercise to right side, stretching left side of the trunk as in pic 4. Do this exercise 7 times.

Benefits

Body stretches well at sides and become flexible.
Trims fat of the sides of the trunk.
Ventilates the lungs and increases the vital energy.
pic 4

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