One Legged Upward Bow Pose - Eka Pada Urdhva Dhanurasana

Eka Pada Urdhva Dhanurasana is an Asana. It is translated as One Legged Upward Bow Pose from Sanskrit.

The name of this pose comes from "eka" meaning "one", "pada" meaning "leg", "urdhva" meaning "upward", "dhanu" meaning "bow" and "asana" meaning "posture" or "seat".[1][2]

Benefits and Cautions

This pose has many benefits: it creates a sense of balance, strengthens the wrists, arms and shoulders, promotes spinal flexibility, stimulates the internal organs, and opens the back of the shoulders and the upper back.

Be careful while doing this pose if you have any spinal injuries or high blood pressure.[1][2]

Publications featuring Eka Pada Urdhva Dhanurasana

References

  1. 1 2 "BACKBEND YOGA POSES - Mr. Yoga Is Your #1 Authority on Yoga Poses". Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  2. 1 2 "Kathryn Budig Yoga Challenge Pose: Eka Pada Urdhva Dhanurasana". 2012-01-09. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  3. ↑ Mittra, Dharma (2003-04-01). Asanas: 608 Yoga Poses. Novato, Calif.: New World Library. ISBN 9781577314028.
  4. ↑ Rhodes, Darren; Sell, Christina; Longstaff, Michael (2013-02-10). Huang, Ellen, ed. Yoga Resource Practice Manual. Tirtha Studios & Yo Productions.
  5. ↑ Lacerda, Daniel (2015-11-10). 2,100 Asanas: The Complete Yoga Poses. Black Dog & Leventhal. ISBN 9781631910104.
  6. ↑ Andiappan, Yogananth (2007-01-01). Yogananth Andiappan - Yoga From the Heart. International Yoga Academy Lim. ISBN 9789889982812.
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