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Ardha ustrasana

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Ardha ustrasana

Ardha ustrasana (translated as Half-camel pose) is an asana (yoga position). The name of this pose comes from the Sanskrit word "ardha", meaning "half"; "ustra", meaning "camel"; and "asana", meaning "posture" or "seat". It is a variation of ustrasana.

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Muscle groups and affected areas

This pose has many benefits: it increases spinal flexibility, stimulates the internal organs, stretches the abdominals, the chest and the front of the shoulders. Practitioners discourage those knee or spinal injuries from performing the pose.

Publications featuring Ardha Ustrasana

  • Asanas 608: Yoga Poses by Dharma Mittra
  • Yoga Resource Practice Manual by Darren Rhodes
  • Yoga (Yoga Journal Books) by Linda Sparrowe and David Martinez
  • 2,100 Asanas: The Complete Yoga Poses by Mr. Yoga (Daniel Lacerda)
  • Yoga From the Heart by Yogananth Andiappan
  • References

    Ardha ustrasana Wikipedia