Garurasana
Eagle Pose
Opens joints for the rest of class.
BENEFITS:
- Opens twelve major joints of the body
- Good for Central Nervous System
- Facilitates lymphatic function, improving immune system
- Improves mobility of hip joint
- Improves balance
- Strengthens legs
- Good for varicose veins
- Strengthens the reproductive organs
- Helps with genital problems
tips:
- To help tuck the foot behind the knee, bend the standing leg knee more.
- Once the foot is tucked try to slide the toes down to the ankle.
- Try to align the joints down the centre of the body.
- Continuously pull the elbows down towards the belly button so that eventually the tips of the fingers will be below the nose.
- Just like in the previous posture (Awkward Pose), maintain a tightening and lifting through the abdomen to help straighten the spine.
