Shoulders and hips mobility: The arms and legs position helps you open your shoulders, upper back, calves and sides of your hips.Gracefulness: The precise wrapping of arms and legs challenges your body awareness and precision, putting a stop to rumination and allowing you to feel poised and decisive.Balance and focus: The concentrated effort required promotes mental clarity and stimulates the vestibular system for better equilibrium.Grounding: By strengthening the muscles of your lower body and inviting you to root deeply through the standing foot, Eagle Pose enhances stability and connects you with the earth.Hold the pose for several breaths, then release and repeat on the other side. ![]() Gaze at a fixed point in front of you or through your forearms (this is the eagle’s sharp vision) and keep on lengthening your spine as you allow your hips to drop low. Now, cross your right arm over your left at the level of your elbows, and bring your palms or back of your hands together while keeping your fingers pointed upwards. If available, hook your left toes behind your right calf, otherwise keep your toes off or on the floor for more support. Lift your left leg and cross it over your right thigh, while bending both knees deeply. This pose promotes strength, power and a great sense of achievement.īegin by standing and shifting your weight onto your right foot. Lower body strength: Like other standing postures, the emphasis on your legs’ engagement helps you feel rooted and powerfully supported by the earth, which in turns promotes confidence and inner stability.Balance and concentration: Twisting in a lunge challenges your equilibrium (especially if you bring your eyes towards the sky) and requires strong concentration.Core connection: The action of spiralling through your spine without collapsing on your front leg requires a strong engagement of your obliques and deep abdominals and back muscles.Spinal mobility: Twisted Lunge enhances spinal flexibility and relieves tension in your back.Hold the twist for a few breaths, then return to the starting position and repeat on the other side. Optionally, tuck your back toes under and fully extend your back leg driving your left hip forwards and your left heel backwards. Try and keep both your chest and upper back broad and your shoulders away from your ears keep on lengthening your crown and tail in two different directions. ![]() Keep your palms together in prayer position aiming for your thumbs to stay in touch with the centre of your breastbone. Inhale, lengthen your spine, and gently hug your abdominals in exhale and twist towards the right, bringing your left elbow to the outside of your right knee. Place your hands in a prayer position at your chest. Like other poses from the Warrior series, this pose empowers you to stand strong, both physically and metaphorically, and activates the solar plexus chakra, instilling a sense of personal power.īegin in a low lunge with your right foot forward, knee stacked above your ankle.
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