[Advaita-l] Sukhasana question

[Balasubramanian Ramakrishnan]

On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 2:16 AM Jaldhar H. Vyas via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> On Sat, 8 Sep 2018, Kartik Vashishta via Advaita-l wrote:
>
> > I am only able to sit for prayers in Sukhasana, cannot do sarvangasana
> > which is a panacea for blood flow.
> >
> > After about 45 mins -to 1 hr my legs go to sleep (numbness) while in
> > Sukhasana, while the mind can still pray, the sleeping legs are a
> stopping
> > factor, I have to get up from my prayers and give the legs some rest and
> > then begin again.
> >
> > Is there some remedy to stop the legs from falling asleep, some old wives
> > tale" or
> > "Gharelu Nuska".
> >
> > Will the time period to sit in Sukhasana gradually increase by itself?
> >
> > Any advise, help will be appreciated. Thank you.
> >
>
> I sympathize with you.  During Shravana Masa I have been doing abhisheka
> for 3-4 hours and it is hell on my legs.
>
> From what I understand, increased flexibility (perhaps by practising yoga)
>
>
>
Of course, everyone is somewhat unique. The thing that helped me the most
was realizing how stiff my hamstrings are in general. Loosening up the
hamstring muscles by daily stretching was very useful. As you say, yoga
will alleviate the problem.

Rama