Graceful Thunderbolt Pose - Laghuvajrasana
Laghuvajrasana is an Asana. It is translated as Little Thunderbolt Pose from Sanskrit.
The name of this pose comes from "laghu" meaning "small", "vajra" meaning "thunderbolt", and "asana" meaning "posture" or "seat".[1][2][3]
Benefits and Cautions
This pose has many benefits: it opens the chest and front shoulders, stimulates internal organs, stretches the front of the thighs, and increases spinal flexibility.
Be careful while doing this pose if you have any spinal chord injuries.[1][2][3]
Publications Featuring Laghuvajrasana
- Asanas 608: Yoga Poses by Dharma Mittra [4]
- Yoga Resource Practice Manual by Darren Rhodes [5]
- Yoga (Yoga Journal Books) by Linda Sparrowe and David Martinez [6]
- 2,100 Asanas: The Complete Yoga Poses by Mr. Yoga (Daniel Lacerda) [7]
- Yoga From the Heart by Yogananth Andiappan [8]
References
- ^ a b "Laghu-Vajrasana - AshtangaYoga.info". Retrieved 2016-08-28.
- ^ a b "Yoga | Little Thunderbolt Pose | Laghu Vajrasana". www.lovemyyoga.com. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
- ^ a b "BACKBEND YOGA POSES - Mr. Yoga Is Your #1 Authority on Yoga Poses". Retrieved 2016-08-28.
- ^ Mittra, Dharma (2003-04-01). Asanas: 608 Yoga Poses. Novato, Calif.: New World Library. ISBN 9781577314028.
- ^ Rhodes, Darren; Sell, Christina; Longstaff, Michael (2013-02-10). Huang, Ellen (ed.). Yoga Resource Practice Manual. Tirtha Studios & Yo Productions.
- ^ Sparrowe, Linda; Martinez, David (2008-01-08). Yoga (1st edition ed.). New York: Universe. ISBN 9780789399878.
{{cite book}}:|edition=has extra text (help) - ^ Lacerda, Daniel (2015-11-10). 2,100 Asanas: The Complete Yoga Poses. Black Dog & Leventhal. ISBN 9781631910104.
- ^ Andiappan, Yogananth (2007-01-01). Yogananth Andiappan - Yoga From the Heart. International Yoga Academy Lim. ISBN 9789889982812.