Tadasana (Star Posture)
Step 01:
Stand like “Dakshasana”
and make some distance between your feet for more comfortable. Now lightly
interlock the fingers of one hand with those of the other hand. Raise your arms
slowly upwards like this Picture.
If you can easily do
this keeping your balance, turn your face upward and look at the fingers and
try to raise the heels again-initially, a little off the floor and later with
the gradual practice, all the way up to stand on the toes. After few second
holding this posture, slowly lower the heels first and release from the posture
slower. Relax.
Step 02:
Raise your interlock
arms like step 01 but without raising your heels and turning the face. Now
start to bend your body at the waist to a side (right or left) slowly keeping
your knees straight.
Give your attention to
both sides of the body and the rib cage with breathing softly and comfortably.
Feel the contraction of the muscles on the side of your body to which you are
bending, and feel the stretch on the other side.
Do this same to other
side after holding few seconds in starting position.
Step 04:
Again raise your arms
as done before, and slowly very slowly try to arch your body and head backwards
as your ability. Your knees should be straight and slightly flexed in this
step. And bending even a few millimeters is initially enough.
If you find
difficulties to bending backwards like this, try this method. Keep your both
hands on your hip with the elbow pointing backward and try to bend with the
additional support of your hands. This way you will not have much pressure on
the spine.
If you find hard to do
those methods, leave step 4 temporarily.
Take maximum care when
bending backwards in any yoga postures, especially if your suffer from backpain.
with the help of Wasantha Manamperi
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