Solar Plexus: Techniques for 3rd Chakra (Manipura)

 

THIRD CHAKRA: MANIPURA

or SOLAR PLEXUS

personal power + assertiveness + vitality + digestive fire + strength  

 

Focus of Attention: Solar Plexus

Affirmation: I align my personal energies and find my place in the

 

world.

Matangi Mudra: Gesture of the Goddess of Transformation.

Interlace the fingers in front of the solar plexus. Extend the middle

fingers, pressing them together.

above*as seen on Iytyogatherapy.com

 

ASANA FOR SOLAR PLEXUS CHAKRA:

SITTING/KNEELING:
PASCHIMOTTANASANA - FORWARD FOLD
NOKASANA - BOAT POSE
YOGA MUSRA - folding forward from sitting on knees or crosslegged, arms bound behind you
ARDHA YOGA MUDRA - CHILD'S POSE
USTRASANA - CAMEL POSE
BHAGERASANA - TIGER POSE
DANDASANA - STAFF POSE
ON THE ABDOMEN:
BHUJANGASANA - COBRA POSE
SHARPASANA - SNAKE POSE
DHANURASANA - BOW POSE
UDDIYANASANA - FLYING BIRD POSE
STANDING:
UTTHITA HASTA PADANGUSTHASANA - EXTENDED LEG POSE
GARUDASANA - EAGLE POSE
EKPADASANA - BALANCING STICK POSE
NATARAJASANA I & II - SHIVA DANCE POSE I & II
DHURVASANA - TREE POSE
VISTRIIT PADOTTANASANA - WIDE ANGLE FORWARD BEND PSOE
VIRBHADRASANA I & II - WARRIOR POSE I & II
UTKUTASANA - CHAIR POSE
(ARDHA) CHANDRASANA - (HALF) MOON POSE
PADHASTASANA - HEAD TO KNEE POSE
ON THE BACK:
ARDHA SETUBANDHASANA - HALF BRIDGE POSE
PAVANMUKTASANA - WIND RELIEVING POSE
MERU UDDARAKUNCHANASANA - LAYING SPINAL TWIST POSE

PRACTICES:
UDDIYANA BANDHA - NAVAL LOCK

BHUJANGASANA - COBRA POSE

 

PADHASTASANA - HEAD TO KNEE POSE

UTTHITA HASTA PADANGUSTHASANA - EXTENDED LEG POSE