Utkatasana
Awkward Pose
We just stretched, now we strengthen.
BENEFITS:
- Improves overall body strength
- Opens pelvis
- Relieves menstrual cramping
- Tones buttocks
- Aligns skeletal system
- Good for arthritic knees
- Good for digestion
- Relieves sciatica
- Improves flexibility in toes and ankles
- Exercises liver, intestines and pancreas
tips:
- Remember this posture is not only about leg strength. Focus on working the arms by keeping the biceps and triceps flexed through all three parts.
- Also maintain a lift and sense of firmness through the abdomen throughout.
- Imagine that you will eventually bring the shoulders above the hips in the first part.
- Maintain a flat lower back in 2nd and 3rd parts.
