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Type of Pose hip opener
Benefits: Stretches the psoas, hip flexors and quadriceps, strengthens the gluteus & quadriceps muscles, relieves sciatica, expands chest, lungs, shoulders, develops stamina, improves balance, concentration & core awareness.
Instructions:
- From a low lunge, drop your back knee (the left knee, in this case) to the mat. If your knee is sensitive, you can place a pillow o blanket under your knee or double up your yoga mat for more cushioning.
- Bring your hands onto your right knee and your right knee directly over your right ankle.
- Inhale and raise your arms above your head, keeping the arms in line with your ears.
- Exhale and slowly deepen forward into the lunge, bending the right knee more if possible. In most yoga poses with a bent front knee, you should be careful not to bring your knee in front of your ankle since that is a vulnerable position for the knee. Anjaneyasana is an exception because the body’s weight is being supported by having the back knee on the floor.
- You may take the spine into a back bend if that feels comfortable.
- Inhale to bring the front knee back over the ankle.
- Repeat on the left side.
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