Who said yoga can't help build & tone muscles? You do this asana regularly and you don't need any weights to be lifted. There are many such postures in yoga which makes practicing it very inters ting, challenging and meditative.
It's an extremely strenuous pose, requires a lot of strength as well as balance. It not only strengthens the upper body and wrists but also the abdomen and helps in inculcating a sense of balance within us. Don't forget to practice it on the other side as well. You need an absolutely cool mind for doing it as a little mental disturbance plays havoc with the balance in this asana.
Though i sit on the floor and come up in the asana, one can stand and get into it for more challenge. Also it's important to keep the weight on the whole palm and not only on the heels of the palms which generally tends to happen.
Enjoy your practice...........
2 comments:
Salomi,
You are a die hard Yoga Enthusiast.
If its your photo in this post, it means you are next Krishnamacharya, BKS Iyengar, Sri K Pattabhi Jois.
Yours is the most useful blog.
Rajesh.
Rajesh
thanks for these extremely flattering words, but i am nowhere near the yoga greats you mentioned. i m just trying to do my work sincerely :-)
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