Druta Utkatasana – Dynamic Energy Chair Pose
Druta Utkatasana is forward bend standing position. It is an intermediate Yoga Pose. Additionally, it involves forward bending, stretching and strengthening.
How To Do It?
⦁ Stand in Tadasana, feet together or apart with hip joints.
⦁ As you breathe in raise your arms up, palms facing each other.
⦁ As you exhale slowly bend your knees until your knees get parallel with the ground.
⦁ Spine straight and looking front.
⦁ Let your breath flow freely and deeply.
⦁ Stay there according your capacity.
⦁ Slowly take a long deep inhalation and come up, exhale release the arms and rest in Tadasana.
⦁ Repeat this practice two more times in the same way.
⦁ There are many variations of Utkatasana, we can do all the practice easily by following inhalations and exhalations.
Benefits
⦁ It helps to stretch the deep muscles of the upper body.
⦁ This Asana tones up all the muscles of back and legs.
⦁ It makes the body strong.
⦁ Helps to massage the Abdominal muscles while traying to bring the navel close to the spine. This acts as a great massage to the inner organs.
⦁ To open the chest for better breathing while we extend the arms.
⦁ Helps to improve the body balance and build concentration.
Contraindications
⦁ This Asana practice should be avoided by those who have knee problem and back pain because all the pressure of the body is on the knees and lower back.
⦁ Those having injury of knees or ankle joints have to avoid this posture.
⦁ This posture can cause of giddiness initially, so it will be good to avoid if suffering from headaches and low blood pressure.
⦁ Pregnant women should not do this posture.
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