10th pose
Ardha Chandrasana (The Half Moon Posture)Ardha = Half Chandra = Moon Asana = Posture
This pose is referred to as the half moon posture. This is because when the posture is completed the curve of he body from the head to the tip of the balancing foot resembles a crescent moon. It is first necessary to rotate the hips to the maximum and then drop the suspended leg down without compensating on the hip rotation. It demands tremendous flexibility on the hip joints and strengthens the capacity of the practitioner to open the hips. the sexual zone of the body is referred to in Sanskrit as the Tamasic region or the region of darkness. A person who practices this posture often, learns to overcome all forms of sexual inhibitions by bringing light into the region of darkness
Jump three to four feet apart. Take your left foot out and your right foot in. Exhale and extending your arms to the side, go down laterally onto your left side. The right hand stretches vertically up towards the ceiling. This is trikonasana. Bend the left leg slightly and place the left hand onto the floor. Lifting the right leg off the floor, straighten your left leg. Stay!!! This pose requires good balancing skills. Exhale and go back to trikonasana. Inhale and come up. Take the feet in and jump into tadasana. Repeat on the right side. |
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