Reduce Your Waist Size With Triyak Tadasana (Swinging Palm Tree Pose)

Triyak Tadasana is one of the simple yet effective postures which will help you in keeping fighting the flab and provide relief from constipation. In this pose the body resembles as if a palm tree is swinging due to wind, hence its name. This pose is extension of Tadasana (Palm Tree Pose) and has similar effects to that pose plus additional benefits due to the way it is practiced.

This pose can be practiced for increasing the agility, increasing the height and also as a warm up pose for other difficult poses. Practicing this pose will also increase the focus and awareness can be easily be brought to the the sides of the body. usually when we do some exercise of practice some pose we work on muscles which are either on front or the back of the body and ignore the outer sides of the body. The sides of the body including the arms, area below the armpit, outer sides of the abdomen and right down to the legs are stretched.

Steps to Practice Triyak Tadasana?

1. Stand with feet around 2 to 3 feet apart.


2. With inhalation take the hands above your head and lock them.


3. Make sure that the locked palms face upwards.


4. Now with exhalation stretch to your right. Try to bend as much as possible towards your waist and try to make the arms parallel to the ground.


5. Adjust the left chest and try to bring it upwards as much as possible. This will give a slight twist to the upper and the lower back regions.


6. Stay for around 10 breaths and with inhalation come back to original position.


7. when you are in the pose make sure that the weight is equally distributed in both the legs and not only on the side where you are bending


8. Now repeat the same towards the left side.


9. Repeat the entire steps for 5 times on both sides.


10. With exhalation bring the hands down.

Benefits of Triyak Tadasana

1. It stretches the sides of the waist and reduces the fat from them. This happens especially during the Shankh Prakshalan(Yogic cleansing Technique) when it is done after drinking luke warm water.


2. The entire back and its nerves are massaged. The spinal cord is stretched which increases the blood flow in the region.


3. Intestine is stretched and improves the peristaltic movement and helps in cleaning the intestine and helps in relieving constipation.


4. Improves the body balance and keeps you mentally alert.

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