Dandasana Dandasana is the basic seated pose from which all the others originate. Think of this yoga stretch as a seated version of Mountain Pose or Tadasana.
Benefits:
- Strengthens legs.
- improves alignment and posture.
- Firms the belly muscles.
- Sit with straight legs outstretched in front.
- Strengthen the thigh muscles and flex the feet. The heels may lift up off the floor.
- Gently firm the belly.
- Lift up out of your hips, feel the vertebrae and intervertabral discs decompress as the spine lengthens.
- Check that the shoulders are inline with your hips.
- Sit on a firm low cushion if you have tight hamstrings.
- Think about keeping the shoulders sliding down away from the ears.
- Place the palms of your hands flat on the ground or rest them on your thighs.
Namaste
