Step 1: Padmāsana (Posture)
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Step 1: Posture -
Padmāsana
Technique
- Sit up straight.
- Feet on opposite thighs.
- Hands rest on respective knees.
- Gaze at tip of nose.
Note: If you can not do Padmāsana, do Arda Padmāsana means ordinary squatting and sitting.
Śāstra Pramāṇa - शास्त्र प्रमाण
Yoga-cudamanyupanishad 1.4- 5
आसनं द्विविधं प्रोक्तं पद्मं वज्रासनं तथा ॥ ४ ॥
ऊर्ध्वोरुपरि चेद्धत्ते उभे पादतले यथा ।
पद्मासनं भवेदेतत् सर्वपापप्रणाशनम् ॥ ५ ॥
āsanaṃ dvividhaṃ proktaṃ padmaṃ
vajrāsanaṃ tathā ॥ 4 ॥
ūrdhvorupari ceddhatte ubhe pādatale
yathā |
padmāsanaṃ bhevedetat
sarvapāpapraṇāśanam ॥ 5 ॥
Akashic Revelations
Postures are said to be of two kinds: the Padmasana and the Vajrasana. When one places the soles of his feet over the two thighs (crosswise, the right sole over the left thigh and the left sole over the right thigh), this becomes the Padma posture, which destroys all sin.
