Bhunamanasana (Greeting the Earth Pose)

Bhoonamanasana is derived from the Sanskrit words “Bhoonaman” means “Surrender to Earth” and “asana” means “pose”. You can also call it Greeting the Earth pose. It is a traditional Hatha Yoga pose. This asana may seem very difficult at first instance, but it is quite easy after you practice it on a regular basis. This asana will help you to connect to your Motherland. Let us find out more about this pose today.

How To Do It?

⦁ Open your legs far and wide, depending upon your flexibility.
⦁ Keep your toes in neutral position and inhale while raising your arms up.
⦁ After that bring the arms down and reach for your toes.
⦁ Inhale and exhale as you reach your toes, in a comfortable and regulated manner.
⦁ Now keeping moving forward as much as your body allows, all this while inhale and exhale to move forward.
⦁ Keep bending forward while you exhale.
⦁ Your chin should touch the ground.
⦁ Inhale and exhale and come back to neutral position.
⦁ While you come back to neutral position, in order to save your knees don’t pull back your legs immediately.
⦁ You can place your palms back and gently fold your one leg in and the other simultaneously.
⦁ Relax and then fold the legs.

Benefits of Bhunamanasana (Greeting the Earth Pose)

⦁ It is said to improve the strength of the lumbar muscles, and also increase flexibility.
⦁ Your Thoracic spine also gets strengthened.
⦁ When you twist the spine, the muscles around the rib cage are also strengthened.
⦁ It also helps to align the joints around the hips.
⦁ It also increases the strength of the quadricep muscle groups.
⦁ Your neck and shoulders will also become very flexible, if you practice this asana on a regular basis.
⦁ It also aids in better digestion.
⦁ If practiced on a regular basis, the liver function also improves.
⦁ It will also help in opening the Third Eye chakra.
⦁ It will also help in regulating the functions of the Thyroid Gland.

Contraindications

⦁ If you are pregnant, you must not practice this asana.
⦁ People with high blood pressure issues, must not do this asana.
⦁ If you suffer from Hernia, you must not do this asana.
⦁ Patients suffering from Spondylitis, must not practice this asana.
⦁ If you have stomach ulcers, you must not practice this asana.
⦁ In case of Migraine, you should not practice this asana.

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