Purpose: Strengthen, Stretch, Stimulate
Level:
Beginner
Benefits:
- Tones muscles
- Strengthens hips, legs, and back
- Stretches chest and shoulders
- Reduces flat feet symptoms
- Stimulates the heart, diaphragm, and abdominal organs
- Headache
- Insomnia
- Low blood pressure
Strike the Pose:
- Raise your arms perpendicular to the floor as you inhale. Join your palms or keep them facing inward with your arms parallel.
- On the exhale, bend your knees so that your thighs are as parallel to both the floor and each other as you can do comfortably.
- Lean forward so that the front of your torso forms approximately a right angle with the tops of your thighs.
- With your thigh bones pressed down toward your heels, your shoulder blades against pressed against your back press your tailbone toward the floor and keeping your lower back long and not arched.
- Hold for 30 seconds and release the pose by standing up on the exhale and lowering the arms.
