Gomukhasana

ETYMOLOGY: in Sanskrit, ‘go’ means cow, and ‘mukha’ face. Consequently, GOMUKHA refers to something resembling the face of a cow. Moreover, in India there is a musical instrument named GOMUKHA, thin on one end and wide at the other like a cow’s face. GOMUKHASANA may be thus translated as ‘the pose of the cow’s head’.

GENERAL GUIDELINES:
The importance of this asana derives also from the place it occupies in the secret yogic treatises. In the description of the 32 asana-s in GHERANDHA SAMHITA, GOMUKHASANA is placed on the eighth place. Moreover, in the HATHA YOGA PRADIPIKA, Gomukhasana occupies the third place in the presentation of the most important 11 asana-s.