Chakki Chalanasan
(Mill Churning Pose)
- Sit in Dandasan.
- Slowly widen your legs, leaving about three feet gap between your feet.
- Raise your hands in front to the shoulder level and interlock the fingers.
- You should keep your hands stretched and horizontal throughout the practice.
- Place your hands above the left leg and inhale (Radhey) in this position.
- Now exhale (Shyam); slowly bend from the hips; then swing to the right and bring your hands over the right toes.
- You will need to create a circular motion, as if you are drawing an imaginary circle.
- Inhaling (Radhey), lean backward while swinging from your waist as far as possible.
- Swing to the left and take your hands over the left toes.
- In this way, repeat in a circular motion, making the buttocks as pivot while swinging to the right, backward and left.
- This completes one round; practice up to 5 times.
- Perform, the asan in the opposite direction, 5 times likewise.
Awareness
On the synchronization of the breaths with the movements; the lower back; the hips and the pelvic area.
Benefits
It firms the nerves and organs of the abdomen and the pelvis. Next purpose of the asan is also to reduce unnecessary fat from the abdominal area and correct different menstrual problems. The specialty of this pose is that it can be even practiced during the initial three months of pregnancy. Besides, it shows a good effect on postnatal recover
