Akarna Dhanurasana

Akarna Dhanurasana was advised from my teacher to be practiced until you unblock shoulders, waste and hips. It is one of the most important postures for beginners, specially because we have a tendency to be very tight in those regions.

Grasp the big toes with hands (the left with the left, right with right), keep one leg straight and draw the other to your ear as you would the string of a bow. This is dhanurasana.

The spinal cord has two ends: the earth (below) and heaven (above), as is fitting for a " holy mountain in the center of the world". The worldly problems are mostly situated in the lower part and the more ideal ones in the upper one.
The earthly problems are centered in the lower half of the body only who knows something about the chakras can realize.
We could compare ourselves with a tree that has it roots in the earth and the crown with with its fruit in the sky. Just as we have to satisfy the needs of the roots in order to supply nourishment to the fruit in the crown, so most asanas are designed to cultivate the root of our tree life, the spinal column.

Namaste,
Bianca Omena Maximaino.