Pasasana or Noose Pose is an asana

Asana

Asana is a body position, typically associated with the practice of Yoga, originally identified as a mastery of sitting still, with the spine as a conduit of biodynamic union...

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Etymology

The name comes from the Sanskrit words pasa (or pasha) (पाश, pāśa) meaning "noose" or "snare", and asana (आसन) meaning "posture" or "seat".

Description

In this yoga asana, the human body creates a 'noose' when the practitioner wraps their arms around their squatting legs with their hands clasped behind their back, while twisting to one side.

Benefits

This asana is traditionally said to be therapeutic for mild back, shoulder and neck tension, asthma

Asthma

Asthma is the common chronic inflammatory disease of the airways characterized by variable and recurring symptoms, reversible airflow obstruction, and bronchospasm. Symptoms include wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, and shortness of breath...

, indigestion, flatulence, menstrual discomfort and sciatica

Sciatica

Sciatica is a set of symptoms including pain that may be caused by general compression or irritation of one of five spinal nerve roots that give rise to each sciatic nerve, or by compression or irritation of the left or right or both sciatic nerves. The pain is felt in the lower back, buttock, or...

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External links

• Instruction for noose pose from Yoga Journal

Images

• Image of Pasasana 1
• Image of Pasasana 2