Lolasana (Pendant Pose)

Begin the practice seated in Vajrasana.

Your knees will be protruding outwards.

Place your palms on the ground by the side of your thighs or legs. This will help you to comfortably lift your weight.

Raise the body and look forward and slightly up.

Take your attention inside, lean forward slowly as you bend down putting pressure on your arms.

Now, engage your core muscles and slowly lift yourself up by putting the pressure into your palms.

Slowly straighten your arms, transferring your body weight onto your hands. Your legs should now be lifted off the ground, parallel to the floor.

Exhale as you lengthen your upper torso and push it upwards.

In this position, the abdomen must remain tucked in all the time.

Maintain this final position with a steady gaze and steady breathing for a few seconds.

To release, gently lower your legs back to the ground and rest in Dandasana position.

Not doing enough warm-up before the pose.

Not focusing on your core and your breath.

Builds core strength and strengthens the arms, wrists, shoulders muscles, lower back and abdominal region.

Promotes muscle endurance, agility, and balance.

Strengthens the thoracic muscles.

Relieves respiratory problems by opening the chest.

Revitalizes the body.

Tones the body and helps weight loss.

Improves Digestion by Stimulating Digestive Organs.

Stimulates Mooladhara and Manipur chakra offering security and emotional stability.

Helps to improve focus, concentration and clarity of the mind.

Avoid in case of injury or surgery in the shoulders, wrists knees, back or pelvic muscles.

Avoid if suffering from carpal tunnel syndrome or issues of cervical vertebrae.

Avoid if suffering from hernia.

Avoid if you are suffering from a dislocation and sprain of wrist.

Avoid if you are suffering from cardiac problems, hypertension or migraine.

Avoid during pregnancy, postnatal stage, or Menstruation.