Yoga Rishikesh
The ambition of Yoga Rishikesh is other than the other Asanagroup. It is more towards the internal health rather than physical like Surya Namaskar. Ardhamatsyendrasan is the prominent twist posture which use for wonderful complete health-physical mand mental. It works much for the internal health and with nervous system. Nauli is the aboulute cleaning but it also has a other positive factors as digestion and removing constipation. Imporve the control on Surya behind the navel. Padaangusta is balancing postures and it develops the self-confidence. Trikona Aana is also twist posture. Sirshan is also one of wonderful work to reverse secretion of the Amrita (imortal fluid). Rishikesh is not the following asan practice rather than practice of the internal health. In this, also practicise Pranayama (breathing exercises)
...Kashinath

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It is better to in the following order the Rishikesh. Sarvangasan is in the begenning and from there you can continue Halasana. Ardhamatsyendra Asana is very good in the last before Shavasana because twist postures does better effect when it done in the end. Sirshasan you can do in the last due to it's balancing nature too. Padangustha is one of good balancing posture so, you have three balancing postures one by one and it will continue the concentration of the mind to with the body. Bakasan is not very necessory if you have weak hand joint, you can just try to shift whole body weight on the hand but not completly Bakasan, with the time it will improve itself and then you can do it completly. Good is when legs are close together and knee are close to under hand joints.

1.Sarvangasan 2.Halasan 3.Matsyasan 4.Paschimottan 5.Bhujangasan 6.Shalabhasan 7.Dhanurasan 8.Ardhamatsyendra 9.Shavasan 10.Trikonasana 1.Bakasana 12.Padangutha
13.Sirsasan

14.Nauli-Shatkarma
15.Anuloma-Viloma, Suryabhedan-Pranayam
16.Uddiyan Bandha-Mudra

Pranayama you can take before Uddiyan bandh. Uddiyan is one of 28 Mudras which does effect direkt on the Manipur Chakra. For better response you have good control on the breath and longer you can hold this is the fact why Pranayama is before Mudra and Meditaion. Nauli is the cleaning exercise and it is better before Pranayma then you have more control and rhythem on the breath but more important is th clean breath :)
                                                                     ....Kashinath


Here you can practice Pranayama: Anuloma-Viloma and Suryabhedan.
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