Sanskrit Name: Urdhva Hastasana
Good for: Fatigue, Asthma, Indigestion & Back ache
Benefits
- Stretches the sides of the body, spine, shoulders, armpits, and belly
- Tones the thighs
- Improves digestion
- Helps to relieve anxiety and fatigue
- Helps create space in the chest and lungs, which aids healing of asthma and congestion
- Properly aligns the spinal column
- Helps protect the spinal muscles and nerves during other movements
- Improves posture by creating space between the vertebrae
- Helps to prepare the spine for deeper stretches and twists
Guidelines
- As you inhale, sweep your arms out to the side and then up overhead, turning your arms so your palms face each other, fingertips reaching toward the ceiling
- Straighten your arms completely, but do not lock the elbow joints
- If your shoulders are tight, keep your arms as wide as your shoulders
- If you can keep your arms straight without drawing your shoulders up, press your palms together
- To learn how to straighten your raised arms without stressing your shoulders, loop and secure a Yoga strap around your upper arms, just above the elbows
- Only press your palms together while your arms are overhead if you can keep your arms straight without drawing your shoulders up or letting your ribs poke forward
- Maintain the alignment of Tadasana which include ears, shoulders, hips, and ankles in one line.
Good to know
- Maintain the alignment of Tadasana throughout the pose
- Keep your shoulders over your hips, and your hips in line with your ankles
- It is more significant to keep the alignment of your spine and ribs than to reach your arms very high
- Only press your palms together while your arms are overhead if you can keep your arms straight without drawing your shoulders up or letting your ribs poke forward
- If it’s difficult to straighten your arms when they’re overhead, bring your arms farther apart shoulder-distance or wider
By : Natural Health News
