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Anjaneyasana

आंजनेयासन / Crescent Moon Pose

September 20, 2024

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Introduction to the Asana

The Sanskrit name is derived from Anjane (आंजने) meaning Hanuman, the son of Anjani and asana (आसन) meaning posture or seat.

Benefits
  • Enhances lower body strength and flexibility.
  • Strengthens the muscles and joints.
  • Helps relieve sciatica and spinal issues.
  • Makes the gluteus muscles and the quadriceps stronger.
  • Improves the alignment and body posture, balance and stability.
  • Opens up your shoulders, lungs, and chest.
  • Improves breathing and blood circulation.
  • Helps lower your blood pressure and improve cardiac health and heart rate.
  • Tones the stomach, stimulates digestive functions and improves the metabolism.
  • Alleviates intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs) of individuals having reduced cognition and learning issues.
  • Alleviate chronic pelvic pain in women.
  • Cures reproductive ailments in men.
  • Balances the chakra.
  • Reenergises the body.
  • Uplifts the body, mind, and spirit.
Steps to perform the Asana: Anjaneyasana
  • Stand in Tadasana.
  • Take a wide step separating your legs and place your hands on the hips.
  • Drop the left knee on the mat.
  • Your left ankles, calves and knees should be balanced on the floor.
  • Rotate your upper body towards your right with your toes outwards at 90 degrees.
  • Bring your hands onto your right knee.
  • Bend your right knee and lift the back heel off the floor.
  • Inhale and slowly raise your arms above your head, keeping the arms in line with your ears.
  • To deepen into the lunge, press firmly into your feet as you allow your hips to shift forward.
  • To support engagement and to avoid sinking into the joints, hug your inner thighs in towards one another to create adduction.
  • Inhale, bring the body to the center.
  • If comfortable, bend your upper spine into a backbend.
  • Inhale and balance this pose for 5-8 breaths.
  • To come out of the pose, exhale and lower your hands on the hips.
  • Curl the toes of the back foot and come up straightening both legs.
  • Now repeat the same to the other side.
  • After completing both sides, bring your legs together and relax in Tadasana.
Common Misalignments / (Mistakes)
  • Overextending the knee joints.
  • Not keeping the back foot straight.
Contraindication / Cautions
  • Avoid in case of injury or surgery of the hips, knee, groin or abdomen.
  • Avoid in case of weak knees, ankles, shoulders, and hip joints.
  • Avoid in case of lower back problems.
  • Avoid if suffering from Osteoporosis or Sciatica.
  • Avoid doing this yoga if there is a lack of body-breath connection.
  • Avoid if suffering from high blood pressure.
  • Avoid if undergoing therapy or restorative treatment.
  • Avoid during pregnancy.
  • Postnatal and senior citizens should avoid this pose.
Additional Details :
  • Another Name of AsanaLow Lunge Pose
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