The Thundbolt or Diamond Pose - Vajra-asana
| Posture: | Vajra-asana The Thunderbolt or Diamond Pose | |
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| Translation: | The Sanskrit word vajra means thunderbolt or diamond. | |
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| Pronunciation: | | vah-jrah-sa-na |
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| Difficulty: | | (2) |
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"Make the thighs tight like adamant and place the legs by the two sides of the anus. This is called the Vajra-asana. It give psychic powers to the Yogi."
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| The Thunderbolt or Diamond Pose (Vajra-asana) Instruction: |
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| The vajra-asana is a seated posture. Begin by sitting back on your heels and placing your knees, legs and feet together. | ||
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| Keeping the back straight place the palms of your hands down on top of your thights. | ||
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| Breath gently thorugh your nostrils and sit in this position for at least three minutes. | ||
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| Comments: |
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| The vajra-asana is a versatile posture well suited for meditation, rest in between other seated postures, or as an aid to digestion. The vajra-asana is the first stop in various other yoga postures such as the anjaneya-asana (salutation posture) and the ushtra-asana (the camel). |
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| Durations/Repetitions: |
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| The vajra-asana can be held for as long as is comfortable(and depending on the reason for doing the posture). |
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