The Goddess Pose Stretch
How to Do Goddess Pose in Yoga
- Begin in mountain pose, standing with your feet together, your torso upright and tall, lifting through your entire spine up through the top of your head, as if it had a string pulling it straight up to the sky.
- Raise your arms out straight from your sides, palms facing down. Spread your legs apart so that your feet are directly below your wrists. Once you’ve established that distance, bend your arms and rest your hands on your waist. Then turn your feet out slightly, to about a 45-degree angle.
- With your hands on your waist, feel where your hips are, then tuck them slightly under, tilting the bottom of your pelvis forward.
- Bend your legs and let your upper body sink down slightly. Check the distribution of your weight across your feet. Adjust your weight until it is divided equally across all parts of both feet. You don’t want your knees to roll forward; keeping your feet firmly planted will help to keep your knees aligned over your heels.
- Straighten back up, now that everything is aligned correctly. Breathe again and lower your torso again, keeping your hips tucked. Allow yourself to sink deeper into the bend, keeping all four corners of your feet (the big toe side, little toe side, inner, and outer parts of the heel) supporting your body equally. As you sink into this stretch, your upper thighs will engage and start to roll out, just a little. Keep your chest high and breathe deeply.
- Straighten your legs again, raising your torso. Breathe deeply. On an exhale, bend your legs to lower your torso again, keeping your weight distributed evenly across your feet. Tuck your hips and sink down deeper into the bend, letting your legs, from your toes up through your thighs actively support your body.
- Now, raise your arms straight out from your waist. Rotate your arms so that your palms face forward, and bend your elbows to raise your hands until your fingers point straight up. Spread your fingers apart, keep your shoulders back, your elbows even with your shoulders, and your face looking forward. Breathe deeply in, then slowly out. Breathe in again, then as you exhale, lower your arms and straighten your legs; rise up, letting the energy pull your torso up through that string reaching up from the top of your head.
The Leg Stretch Pose in Yoga
- Starting on all fours with a neutral spine, point your right toes, straighten your right leg behind you, and raise it toward the sky and hold this position for a few seconds.
- With your leg in the air, slowly flex your foot and hold the position for a few seconds.
- Relax your foot and return your leg to the starting position.
- Repeat this stretch with the left leg.
Now, stand up and end your warm-up session with the goddess pose stretch.
Warming Up For Yoga
- Everybody knows the importance of stretching before running or working out, but what kind of warm-up does yoga require? While traditional stretching is helpful before performing yoga, since most yoga poses are advanced stretches in and of themselves, there are a number of yoga positions you can use to warm up before you delve into the more involved practice.
- The unique aspect of warming up for yoga is the process of centering oneself, at the same time you wake up your muscles. A yoga physical warm-up is also a mental warm-up that allows you to move away from your other preoccupations and reach a calm mental stance that will assist you in further yoga work.
- An ideal yoga warm-up will include poses that involve both your upper and lower body. It should incorporate stretches that attend to your wrists, your neck, and your spine, key parts of your body that receive the most work when you’re doing yoga. In this chapter, you will discover some great poses you can use as part of your personal warm-up routine.
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TOP YOGA MCQs Questions and Answers
1 Who is believed to be the father of Yoga?
A Krishnamacharya
B Gautam Buddha
C Maharshi PatanjaliAdi
D Shankaracharya
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2 Yoga has eight components, also known as the eight fold path of life — Niyama, Asana, Pranayama, Dhyana, Samadhi are five of them. Which are the other three?
A Savichar, Santosa, Tapas
B Asteya, Aparigraha, Brahmacharya
C Ananda, Asmita, Aachaar
D Yama, Dharana, Pratyahara
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3 The word “Yoga” comes for Sanskrit. What is the literal meaning of this word?
A Hindu system of philosophy & meditation
B Inner peace & tranquility
C Joining together
D Controlled breathing
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4 Over time, many new postures have been added to the original compendium of Asanas that yoga started with to incorporate modern day fitness requirements. How many classic Asanas were enlisted in the initial texts?
A 84
B 108
C 33
D 195
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5 Surya Namaskar is considered to be a complete exercise for the body and has often been cited as a combination of Asanas that helps in stretching almost all the major muscles. How many different Asanas does Surya Namaskar comprise of?
A 12
B 7
C 10
D 8
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6 Yoga has many practitioners in the West and several Hollywood celebrities such as Adam Levine and Julia Roberts have endorsed it. Indra Devi is credited with introducing Yoga to the West. Which country did she belong to?
A Nepal
B Russian
C India
D USA
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7 An Indian youth organisation entered the Limca Book of Records for simultaneously performing Yoga for the longest duration. Which organisation was this?
A NSS
B Girl Scouts
C LTS
D NCC
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8 Bharat Thakur is an internationally renowned name in the field of yoga instructors and a celebrity in his own right. Which new field of yoga did he lay the foundation for?
A Ashtang Yoga
B Hatha Yoga
C Sahaja Yoga
D Artistic Yoga
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9 Now to some yoga-related fun questions! Recently, a photo of the very hot, very happening Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau doing Mayurasana went viral. Around 40 years back another world leader struck a similar pose, alas there was no social media he could go viral on. Who was he?
A Richard Nixon
B Pierre Trudeau
B Harold Wilson
B Georges Pompidou
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10 In the popular TV series Friends, one of the main characters is seen talking to Mr. Treeger, the superintendent of Monica’s building, about attending Yoga classes. Which character is this?
A Ross
B Phoebe
C Monica
D Mike
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