Step 1: Padmāsana or Ardha Padmāsana (Posture)
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Step 1: Posture -
Padmāsana or Ardha Padmāsana
Technique
You can be seated in either Padmāsana
or Ardhapadmaāsana
Instructions for Padmāsana
1. Sit up straight.
2. Feet on opposite thighs.
3. Hands rest on respective knees.
4. Gaze at tip of nose.
Instructions for Ardha Padmāsana
1. Sit in a comfortable position
2. Make sure your one foot is on your
opposite thigh
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.
