Ardha - Salabhasana is also known as the half locust pose. This posture is not taken from any of the original Yogic texts, but was devised by contemporary yogis as an adaptation of the Salabhasana.
Practice of Ardha - Salabhasana
* The person first comes to the pose of Salabhasana, thus he is lying flat on his seat.
* All his muscles are to be kept in a relaxed condition and throughout the exercise breath is allowed to have its normal flow.
* The practice starts by raising backward one of the legs, after contracting the necessary set of muscles.
* This raising of one leg the student does so slowly and steadily that little pressure is experienced except on the parts that are actually working.
* The trunk and the other leg are kept close to the seat during this action.
* When the leg that is being lifted backward has described the greatest possible angle, it is slowly lowered down to its original position.
* Then the other leg is raised and taken through the same movements. Thus the two legs go on working alternately till the preferred amount of exercise is completed.
Control of breath and stiffening of muscles may be introduced as the practice for the advanced Yogis. Care should be taken to see that no strain is put upon the system on that account. After one feels strong enough to tackle the complete Locust pose, that should be substituted for the Half Locust Pose as well. Ardha-Salabhasana gives the same advantage as Salabhasana; it benefits the pelvis and the abdomen.
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