Kashtha Takshanasana is an Indian translation for
Wood Chopping exercise. You can learn this asana as below:
Routine: -
Get in the primary position - Squat holding legs somewhat apart. - Keep the spinal chord and the neck straight
- Maintain some distance between the knees.
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Interlock the fingers of both hands and straighten your elbows. -
Holding both the hands between the knees place the fist on the floor. -
Do not allow the elbows to bend during the entire exercise. - This is the initial position.
- Just contemplate about axing a tree.
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Inhale deep and stretch your hands above the head. - Fix the eyes on the raised and interlocked hands.
- Exhale with 'haa' sound to expel all the air from lungs.
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Simultaneously bring back both the hands quick on the floor as if to chop a tree. - This is the first cycle.
- Repeat this for fifteen times.
- Recline in Sukhasna pose when the exercise gets over.
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One may perform this in Vajrasana or standing pose if squatting down is uncomfortable. Breathing Pattern: - Inhale when you raise the arms.
- Exhale when you bring the arms down.
Consciousness: - On the breath.
- Hands movement.
- Shoulder stretch.
- Upper back muscles.
Benefits: - Firms up the breast among women and develops chest muscles for men.
- Relax the pelvic girdle and tones up the pelvic muscles.
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Pretty useful for shoulder blade muscles, shoulder joints and upper back muscles.. -
Quite beneficial for women in the 1st trimester of pregnancy. -
Valuable for an asthmatic patient provided 'haa' sound, one keeps mouth shut and exhales out from the nose. -
Psychologically quite useful exercise for a depressed person. Contraindications: - High blood pressure.
- Epilepsy.
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