Description:

Camel is referred to as the 'Ustra' in Sanskrit. As this asana involves a number of postures that resembles to a camel, so it has been named so.



English Name: Camel Pose



Procedure:

1. First fold both your legs and be seated on your soles and toes. There should however be a minimum distance of six inches between both the legs.

2. Place your heels under your hips and turn them in an upward direction. Also keep your body straight, look forward and breathe normally.

3. Lift up your body from your toes and balancing yourself on both the knees bend backwards and grab the left ankle with your right hand and vice versa.

4. Also bend your neck and head backward and breathe normally. Retain this posture for 6-8 seconds and then slowly return to your normal pose.



Benefits:

1. Ustrasana is very much beneficial for the respiratory system and it also energizes and activates the larynx, the nasal passage, facial tissues, the lungs and the entire nervous system.

2. A number of disorders related to the neck and shoulders like tonsillitis, chronic headaches and the frozen shoulders are completely cured by this asana.

3. Finally, it strengthens all the sense organs and cures all kind of visionary problems.