Siddhasana

(THE PERFECT POSE)

Siddhasana is next to Padmasana in importance. Some eulogise it as even superior to

Padmasana from the point of view of meditation. The Asana is so called because it is capable of

giving the practitioner all Siddhis (psychic powers). Moreover it was and is the favourable pose of

several Adepts in Yoga (Siddhas).

 

Sit again on the seat prescribed by Lord Krishna as before. Stretch the legs forward. Place

the left heel carefully at the anal aperture and the other heel on the root of the generative organ. Fix

the chin on the chest. Gently gaze at the space between the two eyebrows without in any way

% Or you can make a finger-lock and keep the locked hands on the left heel. This is comfortable for some persons.

Or you can place the right hand on the right knee-joint with palm facing upwards and the index finger touching

the middle of the thumb; the left hand also should be placed on the left knee-joint with the palm facing upwards

and the index finger touching the middle of the thumb in a similar manner.

 

straining your eyes* Keep the spine erect. You can keep the hands and fingers just as in

Padmasana. Start doing this for 5 minutes and slowly increase it to 3 hours. Young aspirants who

wish to get themselves established in Brahmacharya should practice this Asana. “Through this

posture the Yogi, leaving the world, attains the highest end and throughout the world there is no

posture more sacred than this. By assuming and contemplating in this posture, the Yogi is freed

from sin.” (Siva-Samhita: Ch. III-87). Persons suffering from syphilis, spermatorrhoea, piles,

diabetes and gonorrhoea be greatly benefited by assuming this pose regularly for some time.