This is a modified simple form of Salabhasana. Swami Kuvalayanandaji has formulated this Asana for beginners and those who are unable to perform salabhasana.
Technique :-- Take prone lying position, legs together, fingers of the legs pointing outward, soles upward, hands by the side of the body, fists closed, forehead on the ground.
- Bring chin forward and place it in the ground.
- Raise right leg slowly without bending at the knee. Do not tilt the pelvic. Maintain it for a while.
- Slowly return to the original position.
- Do the same by the other leg. This is one round of Ardha-Salabhasana.
- Do not tilt your pelvic while raising your legs.
- Do not bend the leg at the knee while raising.
- This strengthens the muscles of the lower abdoomen.
- It removes visceroptosis and helps in coordination of lower extremity.
- Those suffering from lumbar spondilities should not practice it.
- Those suffering from muscle cramps should practies it cautiously.