Some of the yoga poses are great for the spine alignment like Cat Pose (Bidalasana). So, today we will discover about that pose and steps of practice this pose. This is the great pose to enhance the spinal flexibility and it gives many more benefits to our body. Let’s explore in deep about this pose.
What is the Cat Pose (Bidalasana)?
Bidalasana also known as the Cat Pose. There are many other names of this pose like Marjariasana or Table Top Pose. It is the amazing posture that gives the flexibility to your spine and the pelvic region also. In this Cat Pose, the spine column is pointing towards the roof, that resembles like a cat rounding it’s back.
Bidalasana word is come from the sanskrit language where Bidala means, “Cat” and Asana means, “Posture”. This is called as one other name also that is Marjariasana, where Marjari means, “Cat”. This Pose named as cat its resembles like a cat when you performing this pasture.
This posture provide a gentle messages to your spine, lower back and abdominal organs. in modern day, we stand in one position for a long time. It will pot more weight on one side of the body , then disbalance our posture. So, this Cat Pose helps to shaping our back and enhance our posture.
How To Practice Bidalasana?
Cat Pose is the amazing asana that will gives flexibility to the spine and pelvic region also. It will stretch to the pelvic region also the posterior muscles. Which is from the neck down to the tailbone region.
Here is the steps by steps guidance of Cat Pose:
Step 1. To start Bidalasana, you will come on the mat to a table top position.
Step 2. Now, you should place your palm on the mat with distance between your arms and shoulders.
Step 3. Palms should be placed according to your shoulders.
Step 4. You should place the distance between your palms and the knees according to the length of your trunk.
Step 5. In this Pose, the body will look like the table.
Step 6. Then start inhaling, slowly lift the chin up. You lifted chest up.
Step 7. You will put pressure to the lower back down, when you exhale.
Step 8. Repeat this, by breathing lifting lower, middle and upper back.
Step 9. Gradually breathing and bring down the chin, chest and head.
Step 10. Repeat this 2 or 3 times by softly breathing.
Step 11. Then gently release the posture and coming back to the comfortable position.
This is the best way to perform the Cat Pose or Bidalasana. It is amazing pose that have numerous health benefits. We are explaining below the key benefits of the cat pose.
What is the Benefits of Cat Pose (Bidalasana)?
Here we explain some of the key benefits of Cat Pose (Bidalasana):
- Improve Body Posture: In this cat pose, there is stretch in the spine and spine column rounding or pointing upwards. This will stretch the lower back and the spine. It will helps you to get a better posture.
- Enhance Mobility in the Tailbone: Cat Pose will improve strength the lower back muscles. In this pose, we will put pressure on the tailbone that will improve the mobility in the tailbone.
- Reduce Lower Back Tension: In this Pose, we will rounding our spine and move upward and downward our back . It will helps to stretching and strengthening our back muscles.
- Activate Throat: It will helps to activate throat and Manipura Chakara.
- Strengthen core, knee point and hip joint: Bidalasana will a easy and gentle relaxing pose. By stretching the hips, knees and core muscles, it gives energy to the knee joint and hip joint.
- Increase flow of Energy: This pose helps to warm up our body for the other exercise also. Cat Pose will gives the great flow of energy (Prana) in your body, when you practice this pose.
- Enhance Flexibility in Spine: Cat pose helps to stretching of the spine muscles. While doing Bidalasana, the spine is moving upward and downward by gently breathing. This will enhance flexibility in spine.
- Improve Abdominal Organ: Cat Pose engages your core muscles, which can help to strengthen your abdominal muscles and improve your overall core strength.
- Increase Blood Circulation : When you perform Bidalsana, it will increase blood circulation in our body. It will helps to relax our mind and body also.
Summary
We are Explained about the steps and benefits of the Cat Pose or Bidalsana. If you are regularly practice Cat Pose that it will boost your overall health being and encourage you to live a healthy lifestyle.
