Ardha ustrasana

Ardha Ustrasana

Ardha ustrasana (translated as Half-camel pose) is an asana (yoga position). The name of this pose comes from the Sanskrit word "ardha", meaning "half"; "ustra", meaning "camel"; and "asana", meaning "posture" or "seat".[1][2] It is a variation of ustrasana.

Muscle groups and affected areas

This pose has many benefits: it increases spinal flexibility, stimulates the internal organs, stretches the abdominals, the chest and the front of the shoulders. Practitioners discourage those knee or spinal injuries from performing the pose.[1][2]

Publications featuring Ardha Ustrasana

  • Asanas 608: Yoga Poses by Dharma Mittra [3]
  • Yoga Resource Practice Manual by Darren Rhodes [4]
  • Yoga (Yoga Journal Books) by Linda Sparrowe and David Martinez [5]
  • 2,100 Asanas: The Complete Yoga Poses by Mr. Yoga (Daniel Lacerda) [6]
  • Yoga From the Heart by Yogananth Andiappan [7]

References

  1. 1 2 "BACKBEND YOGA POSES - Mr. Yoga Is Your #1 Authority on Yoga Poses". Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  2. 1 2 "Half Camel". 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. ↑ Sparrowe, Linda; Martinez, David (2008-01-08). Yoga (1st ed.). New York: Universe. ISBN 9780789399878.
  6. ↑ Lacerda, Daniel (2015-11-10). 2,100 Asanas: The Complete Yoga Poses. Black Dog & Leventhal. ISBN 9781631910104.
  7. ↑ Andiappan, Yogananth (2007-01-01). Yogananth Andiappan - Yoga From the Heart. International Yoga Academy Lim. ISBN 9789889982812.
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