Folks we are going over the back bending exercises in Yoga, and we have gone over a desciption of them, their benefits, and actually discussed the Bow Pose.

Now we would be going over the Wheel Pose.

As the name suggests, the ‘Wheel Pose' or Chakrasana, involves body movements in the way so that the resulting posture resembles a semi-circle.

This asana resembles in it's movements with the gymnastic back bend.

However, it should be noted that the differentiating feature, is that during the ‘wheel pose' the person lies straight on the ground, and then raises his body upwards however, while during the gymnastic back bends, the individual attains standing posture, and bends backward to keep palms to rest on the ground.

Ideally, this asana is advised to be performed in the daytime (morning or afternoon).

Now for the actual technique:

Wheel Pose (Chakrasana)

Lie down. Bend the arms and legs.

Raise the body and rest on the hands and feet.

Tuck your head firmly in between your shoulders.

This pose
-Influences all hormonal secretions and relieves various gynecological disorders.
-Strengthens the arms chest and wrists.
-Keeps the body alert and supple.
Duration: 15 seconds to 2 minutes

At this stage, you would be basically positioned physiologically in an opposite to the bow pose; (sort of how the plough pose was a direct opposite of the forward bend, notice the link?) but at this juncture, instead of doing the restorative pose after executing this we would be going right into the next poses; the spinal twists.

But that about covers the backbending exercises and the main essential ones.

To Health,

Foras Aje