2. Hold your right foot with your hands and gently pull it towards the joint of your left thigh. Pull it till it reaches your groin. The outer edge of your feet should reach the joint of your thighs and the groin.
3. Use your right hand to hold your right knee tightly and keep your right foot intact with the help of your left hand.
4. Once you attain this posture properly pull your left foot. Place your left foot over your right thigh. Pull it inwards to make the outer portion of your feet reach the crease of your right thigh.
5. At this stage he fold of your feet has created the perfect lotus shape. Now you have been able to achieve the lotus yoga posture.
6. You can now place your palms open while locking the fingers of your two hands. This energizes and enhances your entire effort. You can also place your wrists on the respective knees and put them downwards to keep yourself grounded.
The benefits of lotus yoga
Lotus yoga has its diverse benefits. You must be well aware of the effects of the padmasana if you want to go ahead with a regular dose of this lotus yogic posture. Let us check out the benefits that the lotus yoga has to offer:
- As you sit and meditate, this pose helps you to soothe your mind. Our daily lives brings forth a gamut of experiences and consequent anxiety and cluttered thoughts. Excessive mental work can result in complete fatigue and loss of liveliness. As the lotus posture helps in meditation it calms the human brain as well.
- Padmasana helps you to stretch your knees and ankles. The posture is not all about attaining the cross-legged pose. It starts from stretching of your legs and then going ahead with the entire set of stretching and pulling. It has positive effects on your knees and ankles too.
- Padmasana also helps the stimulation of the spine, bladder, abdomen and the pelvis.
- The practice of padmasana till late pregnancy can make the birthing process easier.
- Surprisingly and to your relief padmasana also eases any menstrual issue.
Ardha Padmasana
This is the posture that graduates into a padmasana. The beginners must start with the practice of an ardha padmasana- a half lotus. This is also used during meditation. This is a cross-legged posture with only one foot place over opposite thigh. Various postures yogic postures can be attained through the half-lotus pose.
