This powerful balancing pose builds power in the legs and ankles. Creates stability in the pelvis and teaches the use of the back leg in supporting the front bent leg.
In my own life, a constant battle with balance is something I wrestle with.Not the standing on my head type balance, rather the much more mundane and necessary balance required of a mother-of-three with a job, a husband and the military style organisation needed to support that.
Children have a unique response to yoga.It is pure bliss.They throw themselves into it without constraint and they are not concerned with what they look like or what everyone else is doing. They experience what we old-timers strive for each day -present moment awareness.
This powerful balancing pose builds power in the legs and ankles. Creates stability in the pelvis and teaches the use of the back leg in supporting the front bent leg. 