{"id":1212,"date":"2014-06-13T13:20:57","date_gmt":"2014-06-13T07:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/?p=1212"},"modified":"2017-05-07T12:16:28","modified_gmt":"2017-05-07T06:46:28","slug":"ardha-ustrasana-half-camel-posture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/ardha-ustrasana-half-camel-posture\/","title":{"rendered":"Ardha Ustrasana &#8211; Half Camel Posture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ardha Means half, Ustra means camel. This posture is for beginners who cannot do <a title=\"Ustrasana\" href=\"http:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/ushtrasana-camel-posture\/\">Ustrasana<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2150\" src=\"http:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ardha-Ustrasana-Half-Camel-Posture.jpg\" alt=\"Ardha-Ustrasana-Half-Camel-Posture\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ardha-Ustrasana-Half-Camel-Posture.jpg 600w, https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ardha-Ustrasana-Half-Camel-Posture-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ardha-Ustrasana-Half-Camel-Posture-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><strong>Steps:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sit in Vajrasana. Separate your knees \u00a0and feet about hips width apart.<\/li>\n<li>Rise up on your knee with the arm to the sides of your body.<\/li>\n<li>Twist to the right and try to hold your left heel with the right hand.<\/li>\n<li>Stretch the left arm infront of the head so that the hand is at eyebrow level.<\/li>\n<li>Push the hips forward and try to keep your thighs vertical.<\/li>\n<li>Stay in the posture for about 30 seconds breathing normally, return to the starting point and repeat the same on the other side.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Benefits:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Helps to increase chest size and lung capacity.<\/li>\n<li>Stimulates abdominal organs.<\/li>\n<li>Improves the function of the respiratory system. Beneficial for people suffering from Asthma.<\/li>\n<li>Loosens the vertebrae and stimulates the spinal nerves.<\/li>\n<li>Relieves backache, rounded back and drooping shoulders<\/li>\n<li>The front of the neck is fully stretched so it stimulates the thyroid gland.<\/li>\n<li>Increases blood circulation to brain.<\/li>\n<li>Helps to improve Posture.<\/li>\n<li>Improves digestion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Contraindications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>People with severe back ailments such as lumbago.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ardha Means half, Ustra means camel. This posture is for beginners who cannot do Ustrasana. Steps: Sit in Vajrasana. Separate your knees \u00a0and feet about hips width apart. Rise up on your knee with the arm to the sides of your body. Twist to the right and try to hold your left heel with the&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/ardha-ustrasana-half-camel-posture\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ardha Ustrasana &#8211; Half Camel Posture<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2150,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[138,136,144],"tags":[227,228],"class_list":["post-1212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-yoga-postures","category-backbends","category-vajrasana-group","tag-ardha-ustrasana","tag-half-camel-posture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1212"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2151,"href":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1212\/revisions\/2151"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}