Wheel - Urdhva Dhanurasana

Try out this Asana with me?, Health Challenge Invite ?rdhva Dhanur?sana

STEPS :

1. To begin, lie on your back.
2. Bend your knees so that your feet are flat on the floor in a parallel position in line with your sitting bones, about a foot’s distance away from your hips. Press your feet firmly into the floor.
3. Place your hands on the floor just above your shoulders with your fingers facing your shoulders.
4. Press into your hands and lift your upper body off the mat, resting the crown of your head lightly on  your mat.
5. Press into your feet and lift your legs, pelvis and abdomen off of the mat, activating your inner thighs.
6. Push more into your feet, bringing more of your weight into your palms. This will protect your lower back.
7. Maintain strength and stability in your arms by continuing to press firmly into the mat.
8. Let your head hang in a neutral position, making sure not to strain your neck.
9. Hold for 5-10 breaths.
10. To exit the posture, slowly lower your arms and legs and bring your spine back onto the mat vertebrae by vertebrae.

Benefits

• Strengthens the arms, wrists, legs, buttocks, abs, and spine.
• Stimulates the thyroid and pituitary.
• Increases energy and counteracts depression.
• Therapeutic for asthma, back pain, infertility, and osteoporosis.
• It helps in toning and strengthening and stretching abdominal muscles.

Who Can Do

Consult a doctor before beginning an exercise regime.