While we indulge in the celebrations during this festive season, we all need to make sure that we stay fit!
And Malaika Arora never ceases to motivate us. Recently, she shared a post of the perfect pose that may motivate us to stay fit in our everyday life.
Malaika recently shared a post on her Instagram, which she captioned: “Namaste🙏The coming festivities have already filled us with joy and accelerated our morale. This feeling, when integrated with some physical exercise and mind-calming meditations, does just the right for our body to stay fit while we feel the immense happiness within us. So, join along and let’s get started with #MalaikasMoveOfTheWeek”
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She was seen doing the king pigeon pose also referred to as eka pada pajakapotasana variation.
Know how you’ll roll in the hay too
• Start with the downward dog pose then bring your left leg forward
• Now, crossover the leg and sit on your left thigh, keep the left heel touching your right hip
• While exhaling, bend forward extending your hands ahead
• Inhale and walk back with hands lifting your torso
• Bend the proper leg to bring the proper foot in towards the torso
• Keep your chest resting on your left thigh
• Keep your head upright and gaze front focussing on some extent
• Hook the proper foot within the right elbow and rollback shoulders faraway from your ears
• Now bring the left arm up by the ear to understand the left , if you’re unable to the present initially you’ll take help from a strap
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What are the Benefits of Doing Pigeon Asana?
Tones your muscles
According to fitness reports, this pose helps in toning muscles of your hip, thighs, calves, hamstring, pelvic, chest, abdomen, shoulders and neck region. You should use this pose to tone down your entire body
Stimulates organs
This particular pose helps to stimulate the body organs. Practice this pose. Your internal abdominal organs get stimulated with regular practice. The digestive juices are secreted during the practice of this asana. Pancreas, liver and kidney get massaged. Also, your pelvic muscles get stretched, and it improves your reproductive health.
It stretches your whole body
This asana stretches the entire body, ranging from your thighs, groin and abdomen to your shoulders and neck. It makes an honest full-body stretch as every inch of your body is getting stretched.
It exposes your chest and shoulderst
It helps to open up your chest and shoulders. By practicing this pose your chest is stretched, there’s more room for the right functioning of your lungs and heart. So, you’ll expect better functioning of those organs if you practice this asana regularly!