Pose of the Week: Standing Ahead Bend
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Standing Ahead Bend (Uttanasana) helps a hiker get stronger and go longer by stretching the hamstrings, calves, and hips and strengthening the knees and thighs.
Start in Mountain Pose (Tadasana), arms on the hips. Exhale and bend ahead from the hip joints, not from the waist. If attainable, collectively collectively together with your knees straight, convey your palms or fingertips to the underside barely in entrance of or beside your ft, or convey your palms to the backs of your ankles. If this isn’t attainable, cross your forearms and hold your elbows. Press the heels firmly into the underside and elevate the sitting bones within the route of the ceiling. Flip the most effective thighs barely inward. With every inhalation all through the pose, elevate and lengthen the doorway torso merely barely; with every exhalation, launch a bit further fully into the Ahead Bend. The legs should protect energetic to guard the decrease as soon as extra.
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