This article focuses on the performance of the head-knee position – paścimottānāsana, as shown by Heinz Grill. The Sanskrit name means the stretching of the west or, physiologically speaking, the back. In earlier times the back was assigned to the direction of the west.
An aesthetic and health-promoting aspect of this asana is the application of the threefold structure …
*Quote by Heinz Grill in his book “Das große Buch der Heilkraft durch Yogaaktivität”, page 50