Yoga To Strengthen Your Legs
Posted on June 29, 2008, under Health.
There are some simple asanas which are good for acidity, diabetes and backache.The Trikonsasana gives strength and stability to the legs.If it is done with support then it is also good for heart problems and enhance lung capacity.
Trikonasana:
This asana comes under the standing poses and gives enormous strength and stability to legs.It is also a boon for back ache.
Utthita Hasta Pad asana:
- Form the Samasthiti
- Inhale, jump with your legs 4 ft apart keeping the feet parallel and pointing forwards
- Knees lifted thighs back
- Trunk and chest lifted
- Extend the arms straight out at shoulder level; keep the shoulders down and shoulder blades inwards
- Keep the elbows straight, palms open facing down, fingers extended
- Neck straight, head straight, look straight ahead
- Come back to Samasthiti Learn while jumping, to spread the legs to the full distance and to place the feet accurately.Learn to extend the arms in line with the shoulders and to align the feet
Parsva Hasta Pad asana:
- Form the Utthita Hasta Pad asana
- Turn the right leg, thigh and foot slightly in
- Check that the middle of the thigh, knee and ankle are in line
- As the leg rotates to the right, resist having the whole trunk following by turning the abdomen in the opposite direction
- Keep the head, middle throat, centre chest and navel in one vertical line
- Keep both sides of the waist even and lifted
- Revert to Utthits Hasta Pad asana; repeat on the left side
- Come back to Samasthiti.Learn to turn the legs and feet without shaking the rest of the body.
