Ardha Bhekasana (Half Frog Pose) Benefits, How to Do & Contraindications by Yogi Tara - Siddhi Yoga

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namaste, my dear friends, my name is Tara
here we are learning Ardha Bhekasana ardha means half bheka means frog so its a half
frog pose in your classes or gym mainly we work to strengthening the quads so this is
a quad stretching pose so the main focus is to stretch the quads to release the quads
after we have done lots of strengthening with your quads before we go further into the practice
safety is first and what are the safety if you have ankle pain or injuries in your ankle
if you have injury in your knee or your hip or your lower back or your shoulders or neck
we should avoid this pose or practice under teacher's guidance so guys you can enjoy there
are more benefits come along with the practice so as before into the pose we'll see more
and more benefits will come so let's start the practice lie down on your belly keeping
your feet close to each other feet apart hip with distance so you come on your forearm
and lift your chest slightly up off the mat then from here I'm going to demonstrate with
my left leg you can see it clearly from here I'm moving my right forearm in as you can
see my right fingers is facing in now you can move it more in more so support myself
easily now from here I'm going to bend my left leg and then I'm holding my left fooy
with left hand I'm folding from inside and then now watch carefully I'm rolling my hands
and moving my fingers down now finger is pointing down towards the ankle and using my wrist
on my toes to press down inhaling chest I'm looking forward with exhalation start moving
heel closer down to the mat so the heel is coming beside my hip inhale relax exhale for
more deeper into the pose stay here count for five 1 2 keep breathing 3 4 5 inhale relax
little bit relax exhale push more deeper into the pose stay here count 5 again 1 2 3 4 5
there was a great quad stretch so when I was doing the pose not only the benefit is was
coming for the quads as you can see its also a back extension a back bending pose too. I was stretching my ankles strengthening my
ankles strengthening my knees same time stretching my quads stretching my inner hip flexors stretching
and strengthening my back upper back and doing the back extension for my lower back chest
opening strengthening my neck strengthening my arms which were on the mat so there are
so many benefits comes along with the practice one pose gives you lots of benefits practice
one side and then practice other side with same count straight get into the pose stay
in the pose count 5 do the repetitions hold release and go more deeper into the pose hold
your pose again count 5 like this practice both side improve your practice enjoy your
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