Baddha(adj.) = Bound
Padma (n.) = Lotus
Asana (n.) = Posture
Baddha Padmasana is one of those Asanas that work on the shoulders,chest, back, stomach, genitals, arms, figures, legs, knees. Now, for a beginner this Asana is tough. The puzzles to solve here is how to get those arms sneak around the back and catch hold of the big toes?
I heard such solutions as "your arms/legs are proportionally longer than those of mine". Not quite sir, it's a three piece puzzle.
i) Straighten the back - this is the last piece actually
ii) Increase the reach of your arms - by exercising your back muscles and the ball and socket of your shoulders
iii) Learn to do a tight Padmasana - by moving the foot touch your waist region
In here we are dealing with the second problem.
See? Hold the fingers of your right hand by your left hand and continuously exert a pulling pressure on it. Count twenty breaths. Release your arms lock. Now do the same stuff changing your arms - exert a pulling pressure on the fingers of left hand by your right.
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