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| Awkward Pose |
Benefits:
Awkward Pose (Utkatasana) gets broken down nicely in the image below. Part of Bikram Yoga’s Standing Series, this posture provides the following benefits:
^ Strengthens and firms all muscles of the legs and upper arms
^ Increases hip flexibility and relieves muscular aches and cramps
^ Heals chronically cold feet
^ Increases the circulation to the knees and ankles
^ Helps to relieve rheumatism and arthritis in the legs and helps to cure slipped discs and other problems of the lower spine
^ Awkward Pose will tone and shape your legs.
^ It heals chronically cold feet.
^ It also helps relieve rheumatism and arthritis in the legs and helps to cure slipped discs and other problems in the lower spine.
^ Improves overall body strength
^ Opens pelvis
^ Relieves menstrual cramping
^ Shapes lower muscles
^ Uses all major muscle groups
^ Cut fat pocket under butt
^ Aligns skeletal system
^ Good for digestion
^ Good for joint pain
^ Good for immune disorders
^ Good for arthritis of knees
^ Improves flexibility in toes and ankles
^ Relieves sciatica
^ Exercises liver, intestines and pancreas
Tips For Awkward Pose:
^ Keep a six inch gap between the knees feet and hands – make sure all are parallel to the floor
^ Make sure your shoulders are relaxed and down throughout all three stages of the posture
^ Focus on stretching our your arms to ease the exhaustion
^ All five fingers should be together and energized
^ Breathing always normal
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^ Improves overall body strength
^ Opens pelvis
^ Relieves menstrual cramping
^ Shapes lower muscles
^ Uses all major muscle groups
^ Cut fat pocket under butt
^ Aligns skeletal system
^ Good for digestion
^ Good for joint pain
^ Good for immune disorders
^ Good for arthritis of knees
^ Improves flexibility in toes and ankles
^ Relieves sciatica
^ Exercises liver, intestines and pancreas
Tips For Awkward Pose:
^ Keep a six inch gap between the knees feet and hands – make sure all are parallel to the floor
^ Make sure your shoulders are relaxed and down throughout all three stages of the posture
^ Focus on stretching our your arms to ease the exhaustion
^ All five fingers should be together and energized
^ Breathing always normal
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