{"id":184,"date":"2023-03-10T09:06:22","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T09:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hrishikeshyoga.com\/blog\/?p=184"},"modified":"2023-03-23T08:38:22","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T08:38:22","slug":"184","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hrishikeshyoga.com\/blog\/184\/","title":{"rendered":"4 benefit to do the Ardha Dhanurasana (Half Bow Pose)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ardha Dhanurasana (Half Bow Pose)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ardha Dhanurasana is derived from Sanskrit words <strong>\u201cArdha\u201d<\/strong> means <strong>\u201cHalf\u201d<\/strong>, \u201cDhanura\u201d means <strong>\u201cBow\u201d<\/strong> and <strong>\u201casana\u201d<\/strong> means <strong>\u201cpose\u201d<\/strong>. This is another back bending asana, which is less intense than the complete Dhanurasana. In this asana, as the name suggests, you will lift only one leg.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_423\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-423\" style=\"width: 266px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-423\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hrishikeshyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/download-20-1.jpg?resize=266%2C190&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Best yoga school in rishikesh\" width=\"266\" height=\"190\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-423\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>100 hour yoga teacher training in rishikesh<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>How To Do It?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2981 You have to start the asana, by lying on your stomach.<br \/>\n\u2981 Bring your hands forward, and rest the elbows on the mat. The palms will be facing downwards.<br \/>\n\u2981 Slowly, you have to lift the shoulders off the mat, and then press both the forearms on the mat.<br \/>\n\u2981 Your legs should be stretched out, with the toes pointed outwards. Slowly, bend one of the legs, so that the toes point towards the ceiling.<br \/>\n\u2981 With the hands from the same side of the body, try to hold the toes or feet of the bent leg.<br \/>\n\u2981 Keep your other leg glued to the floor. Try to kick the leg, which you are holding with the hands.<br \/>\n\u2981 This should create a pulling sensation, which can help you to uplift the torso further from the ground.<br \/>\n\u2981 You can release the pose once you have maintained it for at least 5 breath counts and relax. Repeat on the other side.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Benefits<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2981 You can improve your spine flexibility, with the help of this asana. It is a great back-bending pose for all.<br \/>\n\u2981 You can stretch the full body, which makes it an excellent workout.<br \/>\n\u2981 It is a chest opener as well.<br \/>\n\u2981 If you practice this pose on a regular basis, you will be able to improve your balance as well.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contraindications<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2981 Pregnant women must not do this pose.<br \/>\n\u2981 If you have leg, back, neck, or any sort of shoulder injury, you must refrain from doing the pose.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>our retreat courses :- <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrishikeshyoga.com\/3-days-yoga-retreats-in-rishikesh.php\">3 days yoga retreat in rishikesh<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrishikeshyoga.com\/6-days-yoga-retreats-in-rishikesh.php\">6 days yoga teacher training in rishikesh<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrishikeshyoga.com\/10-days-yoga-retreats-in-rishikesh.php\">10 hour yoga retreat in rishikesh\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Wikipedia :-<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yoga\"> Yoga<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ardha Dhanurasana (Half Bow Pose) Ardha Dhanurasana is derived from Sanskrit words \u201cArdha\u201d means \u201cHalf\u201d, \u201cDhanura\u201d means \u201cBow\u201d and \u201casana\u201d&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":423,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,6],"tags":[71,44,61,69,70,51,43,72,52,53,56,35,68,67,54,55,57,4,66,47,59,65,40,11,12],"class_list":["post-184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-yoga-ttc","tag-100-hour-yoga-teacher-training-course-in-rishikesh","tag-100-hour-yoga-teacher-training-in-rishikesh","tag-100-hour-yoga-ttc-in-rishikesh","tag-200-hour-yoga-in-rishikesh","tag-200-hour-yoga-teacher-training-course-in-rishikesh","tag-200-hour-yoga-teacher-training-in-rishikesh","tag-200-hour-yoga-ttc-in-rishikesh","tag-300-hour-yoga-teacher-training-course-in-rishikesh","tag-300-hour-yoga-teacher-training-in-rishikesh","tag-300-hour-yoga-ttc-in-rishikesh","tag-best-yoga-school-in-rishikesh","tag-certified-yoga-school-in-rishikesh","tag-kundalini-in-rishikesh","tag-kundalini-yoga-in-rishikesh","tag-kundalini-yoga-teacher-training-in-rishikesh","tag-kundalini-yoga-ttc-in-rishikesh","tag-top-yoga-school-in-rishikesh","tag-yoga","tag-yoga-center-in-rishikesh","tag-yoga-course-in-rishikesh","tag-yoga-in-rishikesh","tag-yoga-in-ttc-in-rishikesh","tag-yoga-retreat-in-rishikesh","tag-yoga-school-in-rishikesh","tag-yoga-teacher-training-in-rishikesh"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hrishikeshyoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/download-20-1.jpg?fit=266%2C190&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hrishikeshyoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hrishikeshyoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hrishikeshyoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrishikeshyoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrishikeshyoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrishikeshyoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":441,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrishikeshyoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184\/revisions\/441"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrishikeshyoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hrishikeshyoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrishikeshyoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrishikeshyoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}