
3. Utkatsana: Awkward Pose
We just stretched, now we strengthen.
Benefits
Tips
We just stretched, now we strengthen.
Benefits
- Improves overall body strength
- Opens pelvis
- Strengthens and tones left muscles
- Relieves menstrual cramping
- Tones buttocks
- Aligns skeletal system
- Good for arthritic knees
- Good for digestion
- Relieves joint pain in hips and knees
- 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
- Maintain a lift and sense of firmness through the abdomen throughout Imagine that you will eventually bring the shoulders to be above the hips in the first part
- Maintain a flat lower back in 2nd and 3rd parts