Anjanaya asana

Posture:		Anjanaya-asana - The Salutation Pose
Translation:		The Sanskrit word anjaneya means salutation or praise from the root anj which means to honor, to celebrate, to anoint.
Pronunciation:		Ahn-jah-nay-ah-sa-na
Difficulty:		(7)

The Salutation Pose (Anjanaya-asana) Instruction:

1		Sit comfortably in the vajra-asana (thunderbolt pose).
2		Kneel up on your knees until your back, buttocks and thighs are aligned.
3		Extend your left foot foward bending your left knee at about a 90 degree angle.
4		Place the palms of your hands together at the heart in the anjali-mudra.
5		Raise your arms stright up keeping the palms together while bending the head backward and looking up.
6		Slowly bend backward stretching the arms backward and straightening out the right leg. Hold this position for as long as comfortable while breathing gently through the nostrils.
7		Come back to the vajara-asana (thunderbolt pose) then reverse the posture by alternating legs.