VISTARA

Lying down and stretching the legs can be fantastic for the legs. Lie on your back, stretch out your legs as much as you can. Then bring both legs up and stretch.Then spread them to the extremes as much as you can by holding on to the big toes.

It happens all within seconds- yes, that excruciating backache or the catch in your back, that happens in a split second, when you bend down to pick up something that's fallen, or you bend down to pull out something from your wardrobe. You may not have been proactive enough to bend in an easy manner, to allay that pain. So what do you do next when you get that CATCH? NOTHING!  Just lie still on your back, do deep inhalation and exhalation, for a few times. Then, slowly hugs your knees( don't worry about whether you should raise your knees while inhaling or exhaling...the body takes care of that). Hold yur knees in a comfortable manner, and just roll from left to right for a few seconds. Then after you feel, you could handle another short break, just lie down, arms by your side , palms facing the ceiling and your legs stretched well. Slowly, hold your big toes in the respective hands, like a baby ( it's called the baby asana) and just move from side to side again, making sur

I have many times looked at models who are in great shape doing the asanas with ease, and have felt a twang of envy...! But from what I realised later, it's each to his own- we can't compare our tempo, method and our physique to anyone's. Besides, in order to get where they are, we need to start somewhere. That somewhere comes when we decide to use props to aid us to do our asanas. Using props like chair for head bends on the seat of the chair is a great way to start it off....