Sanskrit name: Uttanasana
English name: Standing Forward Bend
Related Chakra: Muladhara or Root Chakra
Chakra chant: LAM
Benefits: Spine, hamstrings, nervous system, adrenal glands, abdominal organs, digestion, kidneys, spleen, and helps calm anxiety.
How to:
Start by standing at the top of your mat. Inhale your spine and neck straight.
Exhale, bend forward from your hip joint.
Place your hands on the floor or blocks in front of you.
Squeeze your thigh muscles, feel your knees rising up toward your thighs.
Push all four corners of your feet down into the earth to feel your arches lift up.
Drop the crown of your head.
Move your torso close to your legs.
Hold the pose for 3 - 5 breaths.
Inhale, slowly roll up one vertebra at a time, from your hip joint.
A modification to this pose is to hold onto opposite elbows while bent forward.
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