SKANDH Chakra is an Indian translation for Shoulder Socket Rotation pose. You can learn this asana as below:
DESCRIPTION OF ASANA :
- Remain in SUKHAASANA or comfortable cross legged pose.
- Keep spinal cord and the neck straight.
- Keep your eyes open.
- Breathe slow and rhythmic.
- Stretch forward your arms to shoulder level.
- Keep the palms straight and open towards the ceiling with straight fingers.
- Bend both the elbows and stretch the palms face ward.
- Try to touch the shoulder with your palms.
- At this hour the palm should be shoulder ward.
- Keeping the fingers on your shoulder rotate the hand in clockwise and anti-clockwise direction.
- Do this exercise ten times.
- Now straighten your hand at the elbow.
- Repeat this ten times.
- Bring back the hands in original position.
Breathing Pattern:
- Inhale during the upward movement.
- Exhale during the downward movement.
Benefits:
- Flexibility to the joint.
Removes the muscle strain.