Yoga poses are an essential part of a yoga practice helps improve flexibility, balance, and strength. Pendant Pose is inspired by the shape of a pendant, with the body hanging forward in a relaxed pose. In this blog, we will dive into a specific yoga pose, exploring its steps, benefits, and how it can enhance your practice.
What is the Pendant Pose (Lolasana)?
Pendant pose is also known as the Lolasana. It is the arm balancing pose that requires strength in the arms, wrist and the core. It is the challenging pose but you can attain this pose by patience and practice.
The name of this asana that is Lolasana come from the Sanskrit phrase, where Lola means “hanging or dangling” and Asana means, “posture”. This pose resembles like a pendulum suspended in mid-air. In this pose, you will be lifting your leg off the ground. You will be hanging your whole body weight by your arms.
How to Practice Lolasana?
Pendant Pose is the challenging pose that require practice. It is the arms balancing and core strengthening pose that require strength in arms and wrist.
Here is the step by step guidance to perform Pendant Pose (Lolasana):
- Step 1: To perform this asana, firstly sitting on the floor. Your leg is stretched out in front of you in staff pose.
- Step 2: Now, bend your knees and come into the crossed legged Padamasana Pose.
- Step 3: Then, place your palms on the besides of your thighs. Try to engage your core.
- Step 4: Slowly, bend your knees. Your hips are closed in the sides.
- Step 5: Breathe, gently lift your glutes off the floor.
- Step 6: Slowly shift your body weight forward, so that your body is suspended in the air.
- Step 7: Keep gaze forward and maintain your spine straight in this position.
- Step 8: Hold this pose for a while. Breathing, keep engaging your core and your arms strong.
- Step 8: Slowly, release the posture and lower your feet to the floor. Sit back down in Lotus Pose.
These are the simple and easy steps that you can follow while performing the Pendant Pose. There are multiple benefits of practicing this pose that we are going to discuss in the section below.
What are the Benefits Pendant Pose (Lolasana)?
Lolasana is also known by different names as Swing Pose or Pendant Pose.
Here are some advantages of Pendant Pose:
- Activates Upper Back: By stretching and strengthening the spinal cord. Pendant Pose will help to activate the upper back muscles. It will also help to prepare the upper body muscles to perform the difficult asana. This will help to activate the whole body.
- Improves Concentration: By performing this Lolasana, you will hold your body with the helps of arms. By balancing your body with the arms, it will help to improve the concentration power.
- Opens the Chest Muscles: The act of leaning forward and lifting your feet off the floor. It will encourage the chest to open. This helps to reduce the effects of slouching or sitting for long periods and improve the posture. It will help to tighten the chest muscles.
- Tones abdominal muscles: While performing this Pendant Pose, when your lift your body with the help of arms. It will affect on the abdominal muscles. It toning the abdominal muscles.
- Enhances Balance and Control: This Lolasana yoga pose helps to improve the balance and control over the body. You will get a better balancing your body.
- Strengthens Arms, Wrists, and Shoulders: We hold our body by the arms, wrist and the shoulder in Pendant Pose. It will help to stretches and strengthen the muscles of these areas.
- Stimulate the Manipura Chakra (Root Chakra): Lolasana is believed to activate the Muldhara Chakra (root) and the Manipura Chakra (solar plexus) chakras. Opening Root Chakra provides mental and emotional stability and a sense of security. It will improves self-confidence and motivation.
Summary
This is the great arm balancing pose, that you can master by regular practice of this pose. Pendant Pose is best encourage the inner strength as well as physical strength. It will also help to enhance the self-confidence and will power.
