How Do You Use Utkatasana Yoga Pose To Build Leg Strength?
Practicing the physical poses, or asana, of yoga can create many health benefits. Although yoga is traditionally not used for exercise, yoga does build leg strength in all standing poses, and this stamina serves us all.In the Ashtanga yoga system as designed by Sri Pattabhi Jois of Mysore, India, the sun salutations prepare yogis for the rigors of standing poses. By practicing these poses six days a week, you can improve balance and poise to temper the pure physical strength. Learn how to practice Utkatasana, Chair or Heron pose, to build the large muscles of the front of the thigh, the quadriceps. Utkatasana also strengthens the back of the thighs, the hamstrings. Start in Tadasana, or Mountain Pose, the blueprint pose for all standing poses. Step the inner edges of the feet together and fan the toes to lift the arches of the feet. Set all 10 toes on the mat, extending through the toe bones, metatarsals. Lift the chest and draw the shoulder blades down the back towards the waist. High
