Urdhva hastasana is a variant of tadasana, it helps us become aware of the movement of the shoulder girdle without causing alterations in the placement of the legs and the center (abdomen) of tadasana. Here, you tend to keep your body in retroflexion or you bend back. This is one of the key step in surya namaskara or the sun salutation.
Steps:
1. Build or maintain tadasana with all your prompts
2. Raise your arms in front of the body to a vertical position.
3. keep your arms active and elbows outstretched
4. Free up neck space by moving shoulders away from ears
5. Hold your legs, activate buttocks and keep your abdomen long and active
6. Make a small retroflexion backwards lengthening the lats and trying not to break the lower back
Benefits:
• Awakens the somatic intelligence of the shoulder girdle.
• Expands chest and rib cage so that our respiratory capacity is expanded
• It teaches the basic mechanics of standing retroflections.
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