3,513
edits
Note: This is a project under development. The articles on this wiki are just being initiated and broadly incomplete. You can Help creating new pages.
Changes
Created page with "thumb|right|''Bharadvājāsana viewed from the front'' Bharadvajasana (IPA: [bʱɐrɐd̪ʋɑːɟɑːsɐnɐ]; Sanskrit: भरद्व..."
[[File:Bharadvajasana1 (cropped).JPG|thumb|right|''Bharadvājāsana viewed from the front'']]
Bharadvajasana (IPA: [bʱɐrɐd̪ʋɑːɟɑːsɐnɐ]; Sanskrit: भरद्वाजासन; IAST: Bharadvājāsana) is an asana.
== Etymology ==
The asana dedicated to sage Bharadvaja who was one of the Saptarshis (Seven Great Sages Rishi) in the present Manvantara; the others being Atri, Vashishtha, Vishvamitra, Gautama, Jamadagni and Kashyapa. Bharadvāja was also the father of Drona who was a master of advanced military arts and the royal guru to Kauravas, Pandavas and the Devastras., the princes who fought the great war which is the subject of the Mahābhārata.
== Benefits ==
*Stretches:
**Spine,
**Shoulders and
**Hips.
*Massages the abdominal organs.
*Improves digestion.
*Relieves:
**Lumbago,
**Cervicalgia, and
**Sciatica.
*Reduces stress.
*Useful for strengthening the lower back during second trimester of pregnancy.
*Therapeutic for carpal tunnel syndrome
[[Category:Yoga]]
Bharadvajasana (IPA: [bʱɐrɐd̪ʋɑːɟɑːsɐnɐ]; Sanskrit: भरद्वाजासन; IAST: Bharadvājāsana) is an asana.
== Etymology ==
The asana dedicated to sage Bharadvaja who was one of the Saptarshis (Seven Great Sages Rishi) in the present Manvantara; the others being Atri, Vashishtha, Vishvamitra, Gautama, Jamadagni and Kashyapa. Bharadvāja was also the father of Drona who was a master of advanced military arts and the royal guru to Kauravas, Pandavas and the Devastras., the princes who fought the great war which is the subject of the Mahābhārata.
== Benefits ==
*Stretches:
**Spine,
**Shoulders and
**Hips.
*Massages the abdominal organs.
*Improves digestion.
*Relieves:
**Lumbago,
**Cervicalgia, and
**Sciatica.
*Reduces stress.
*Useful for strengthening the lower back during second trimester of pregnancy.
*Therapeutic for carpal tunnel syndrome
[[Category:Yoga]]
.JPG){kind=link}