Dandasana the staff Pose that helps to improve your posture!

Dandasana is also known as staff pose. It is a seated yoga pose in the modern yoga pose.

In Sanskrit, 

danda means stick or staff  

asana means posture or pose

Preparatory poses:

• Adho mukha svanasana
• Uttanasana

Follow-up Poses

• Bharadvaja’s twist
• Purvottanasana

 

Pose type:

Stretch, restorative

 

Pose Level

Beginner

 

Steps

• Sit on the floor with back straight and legs extended out in front of you.
•  Place your palms next to your hips on floor
• Press the sitting bones in the floor and found the crown of your head to ceiling to lengthen and strengthen the spine.
• Breathe Normally, and hold the pose for about 20 to 30 seconds.
• Slowly return to starting position.

 

Benefits:

• Helps to improve posture
• Strengthen back muscles
• Strengthen chest and shoulders
• Lengthen and stretches the spine.