Chair - Utkatasana

Try out this Asana with me?, Health Challenge Invite. Utka??sana

STEPS :

• Starting in Mountain pose / Tadasana
• Exhale as you bend your knees and move your hips back as if you were sitting down on a chair. Draw your lower abdomen in and up to support your lower back.
• Send your hips back rather than your knees forward, so that you can still see your toes
• Inhale as you raise your arms up around your ears and soften your shoulders
• Keep reaching higher, while sitting lower for 5 to 10 breaths
• To come back into in Tadasana, exhale, as you press your feet down to straighten your legs and then bring your arms down to your sides.

Benefits

• Strengthens the ankles, thighs, calves, and spine.
• Stretches shoulders and chest.
• Stimulates the abdominal organs, diaphragm, and heart.
• Reduces flat feet.
• Energizes the entire body.

Who Can Do

Consult a doctor before beginning an exercise regime.