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Benefits
- Increases circulation to heart and lungs, improves oxygen intake
- Opens diaphragm and expands the chest region – improves respiratory conditions
- Opens shoulder joint and helps frozen shoulder conditions
- Increases spinal strength and flexibility and tone of spinal muscles
- Revitalises spinal nerves by increasing circulation to spine
- Strengthens, compresses and opens lower, mid and upper spine
- Improves strength and balance
- Reduces abdominal fat and strengthens abdominal muscles
- May help regulate ovaries and prostate gland
- May relieve lumbago, rheumatism, arthritis and menstrual problems
- Improves digestion
- Helps correct bad posture
- Strengthens concentration and mental determination
- Develops internal balance and harmony
- Improves function of kidneys, liver and spleen
- Strengthens deltoids, trapezius, rhomboids, latissimus dorsi and triceps
- Possibly relieves cervical spondylosis
Tips:
- Holding at the ankle doesn’t allow a stretch from the toes through to the knee. The ideal spot to hold is between the arch and the toes at the ball of the foot
Check that you:
- Keep your legs from splaying out to the side. A little is pretty natural and acceptable for many
- Your efforts should reflect in a symmetrical pose