Mayurasana
This asana must be done before eating (on an empty stomach). Wait a minimum of four hours after eating before practising this asana. This asana sthiti should be held from 1 minute up to 3 hours according to the practitioner’s capability.
It is good to practise this regularly and to remain in this sthiti for longer periods during the winter or colder months rather than in the summer.
If we make it a habit to practise this asana every day for at least fifteen minutes, we will attain tremendous benefits. First, it will not allow unnecessary flesh or excessive impurities to remain in our body - it will expel them out. It will increase digestive power. It will protect us from every disease and keep these diseases from approaching. We can say that it is the death of all respiratory diseases, all paralytic diseases - all such dangerous diseases. No disease will approach the people who practise this asana.
(Sri T. Krishnamacharya)
Обратите внимание на положение таза, головы, спины. Всё ровное, как палка.
In this asana, both hands should be firmly pressed down on the ground and with the strength of the arms, the whole body should be balanced like a bar in a balance scale with both sides at the same level. Study the picture carefully to learn how to place the hands.