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Tadasana - Mountain Pose

Tadasana is also known as ‘Mountain Pose’.  While in this posture you stand firm and erect – just like a mountain. The word ‘Tada’ means mountain.

The Mountain Pose teaches you how to stand correctly and will increase your awareness of your body. Most people don’t have good balance and long term this can lead to many ailments.

The benefits of Tadasana are:

• Straightens the spine and corrects bad posture
• Improves the body’s alignment
• Helps to counteract the degenerative effect of ageing on the spine, legs and feet
• Tones the muscles in the buttocks.

Steps for Tadasana:

1. Stand with your feet together with big toes and heels touching.  Balance your weight on the centres of the arches of your feet.  Stretch your toes out and keep them relaxed.
2. With your feet firmly pressed against the floor stretch your legs upwards.  Keep your ankles in line with each other.  Tighten your kneecaps and pull them upward.  Draw in your hips and your buttocks. Read the rest of this entry »