Awkward Pose: Utkatasana
Purposes and Benefits:
- Continues warming up body for all other yoga poses
- Heals chronically cold feet
- Circulates fresh blood to knees and ankles
- Alleviates rheumatism and arthritis in legs
- Strengthens and firms all muscles of legs and upper arms
- Increases hip flexibility and relieves muscular aches and cramps
- Helps to cure slipped discs and other lower-spine problems
How to Do:
More detailed instructions
- Maintain 6-inch gap between knees and hands while keeping them parallel to floor
- Ensure that shoulders stay down by relaxing them throughout all 3 stages of this pose
- Ease exhaustion by focusing on stretching arms out
- Keep fingers together
- Breathe at normal pace
