fish pose

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> "Supta Virasana aka Fish Pose is a good asana for vata. Kneel with

your knees together and your buttocks resting on your heels. Move the

legs out

> to the side of the pelvis so that the buttocks slide down in

between both legs. Place the hands on the soles of the feet and lean

back onto the

> elbows. This may be enough extension for many people. If you are

flexible enough, gradually lower your back down to the floor. Your

hands may lie

> by your side or be stretched above the head to lengthen the spine.

 

 

Dharam, the description you gave is different from the fish pose I've

been doing. Are there different variations to this?

 

The one I've been doing has me laying flat on my back, legs straight

and together. I arch my back so that I'm resting on my elbows and top

of my head, with my chest 'pulled' towards the ceiling.

 

Christa

[Guest guest]

Dear Christa,

 

Thanks for this posting. I am actually suffering from

back pain (due to vata) and I could not just

understand fish pose (virasana). The way It is given

in my yoga book is sitting on the front heel of the

one leg and the other leg crossing over the former and

balancing oneself in a sitting position like this (as

if one is sitting on a chair, but without a chair).

 

Can you please send me image of this virasana. Also,

I understand that cobra is also useful for backpain.

Does this removes vata effect?

 

regards

sukumar

 

--- "spatialagent1 <spatialagent1"

<spatialagent1 wrote:

> > "Supta Virasana aka Fish Pose is a good asana for

> vata. Kneel with

> your knees together and your buttocks resting on

> your heels. Move the

> legs out

> > to the side of the pelvis so that the buttocks

> slide down in

> between both legs. Place the hands on the soles of

> the feet and lean

> back onto the

> > elbows. This may be enough extension for many

> people. If you are

> flexible enough, gradually lower your back down to

> the floor. Your

> hands may lie

> > by your side or be stretched above the head to

> lengthen the spine.

>

>

> Dharam, the description you gave is different from

> the fish pose I've

> been doing. Are there different variations to this?

>

> The one I've been doing has me laying flat on my

> back, legs straight

> and together. I arch my back so that I'm resting on

> my elbows and top

> of my head, with my chest 'pulled' towards the

> ceiling.

>

> Christa

>

>

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

You are very welcome. Actually the fish pose version that I do is in

the Maintaining a Flexible Spine Set from the online ky classes. I

know they just re-did the classes, so I'm not sure what number it is.

Fish pose and Plough pose are optional poses in that set and they

appear at the very end. There are also pictures. Fish has two

variations in this one. One is sitting in lotus and arching back, the

other is legs fully extended. I'm not comfortable enough in lotus to

do that version, yet.

 

And as far as cobra helping vata, I have NO idea. I am only slightly

familiar with aryuveda (see, I can't even spell it correctly!).

Anyone else?

 

Christa