About Yoga

This is a wonderful back bending posture.
Chakra means wheel. In this posture the body assumes a wheel-like posture.

Benefits
• Naukasanchalanasana (Boat Pose)
• Physical:
•	Builds a flexible back and stimulates spinal nerves by stretching the spine intensely. Keeps body alert and supple.
•	The spine feels strong and full of life.
•	Strengthens arms, wrists, and legs as well as abdominal muscles.
•	Beneficial for nervous, digestive, respiratory, cardiovascular and glandular system. Useful in gynaecological disorders.
•	Improves blood circulation to the head.
• Mental:
•	Practicing this asana elevates the mood and makes one feel instantly energetic. Useful in many mental disturbances as it improves blood supply to the brain.
• Pranic:
•	Affects manipura chakra.

Techniques:
1. Lie supine on the ground, keeping the arms stretched above the head, palms facing upward and both the arms parallel to each other.
2. Fold your hands and place the palms on the ground above the shoulders on either side of the head, fingers pointing towards the shoulders.
3. Bend the knees and fold the legs to keep your heels near your buttocks, soles on the ground.
4. Pressing the palms on the ground, lift your shoulders and then lift your trunk, making an arch, convex upward, to look like a wheel. In this final posture, balance your body weight equally on both the soles and palms by pushing your waist upward and forward.
5. Try to push the chin back as much as possible.
6. Maintain the final position with natural breathing as long as you can, comfortably.
7. Using the support of the palms and soles, return and take your back down on the ground.
8. Straighten the hands and legs to come to the original position.