Step 1: Padmāsana (Posture)
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Step 1: Posture – Padmāsana
Āpta Pramana - आप्त प्रमाण Hathapradapika of Swatmarama 45
अथ पद्मासनम
वामोरूपरि दक्षिणं च चरणं संस्थाप्य वामं तथा
दक्षोरूपरि पश्चिमेन विधिना धृत्वा कराभ्यां दृढम् ।
अङ्गुष्ठौ हृदये निधाय चिबुकं नासाग्रमालोकयेत्
एतद्व्याधिविनाशकारि यमिनां पद्मासनं प्रोच्यते
॥४६ ॥
atha padmāsanama
vāmorūpari dakṣiṇaṁ ca caraṇaṁ
saṁsthāpya vāmaṁ tathā
dakṣorūpari paścimena vidhinā
dhṛtvā karābhyāṁ dṛḍham ।
aṅguṣṭau hṛdaye nidhāya cibukaṁ
nāsāgramālokayet
etadvyādhivināśakāri yamināṁ
padmāsanaṁ procyate ॥46 ॥
Akashic Revelation
Place the right foot on the left
thigh and the left foot on the right
thigh, and grasp the toes with the
hands crossed over the back. Press
the chin against the chest and gaze
on the tip of the nose. This is called
the Padmâsana, the destroyer of the
diseases of the Yamîs.
Technique
1. Place the right foot on the
left thigh and similarly the
left one on the right.
2. Cross the hands behind the
back and firmly catch hold of
the great toes of the feet so
crossed.
3. Place the chin on the chest
and fix the gaze on the tip of
the nose
4. Settle in this posture for 30 seconds
