What is Hastapadasana or ‘The Forward Bend Pose’?
“Hasta”: Hand, “Pada”: Foot, “Asana”: Pose; Hence the name Hastapadasana or the Forward Bend Pose. It is one of the twelve basic yoga poses and is highly recommended to all people who practice yoga to do it daily. It helps cure many health problems, gives you flexibility and strength, and brings your concentration level.
What are the benefits of Hastapadasana or the Forward Bend Pose?
The benefits of doing Yoga are numerous, but with different poses focusing on different aspects of your Body, it becomes necessary to know about its possible effects and which areas they work on. With a little knowledge of the working of poses, one can customize their workout according to their body type and the healing they need. The benefit of Hastapadasana is magical and wondrous; they can be listed here.
- It gives the body a nice shape.
- It helps in stretching the body muscles
- It makes your hands, legs, and chest stronger
- It makes your blood circulate through streams and brings a glow
- Fights belly diseases
- It Burns that extra fat around your belly
- Stimulates the blood circulation in hands and feet
- Prevents from loss of hair
- It makes the backbone flexible
- It helps you balance your body
- It makes you handle your own body weight
- Stand straight on a flat and clean environment by spreading a blanket or other easy.
- Now join the heels and toes of both the feet together.
- Leave both the hands loose.
- Now take the breath in. After this, while exhaling, bend the upper part of the waist slowly towards the front.
- Keep the knees absolutely straight and bend the rest of the body till the hands hold the heels.
- Now slowly bend the mouth towards the knees.
- Keep the mouth in the empty space between the knees or close to the knees. In this position, keep the feet and knees absolutely straight.
- At the beginning of the exercise, stay in this position for 10 seconds and then come back to normal position.
- Rest for 5 seconds and do this asana at least 5-6 times.
