Easy Deltoids Stretch
| Sanskrit Name: | Sukhasana |
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| Similar Pose Names: | Seated Deltoids Stretch,Deltoids Stretch Easy,Deltoid Stretch Easy,Sukhasana Deltoids Stretch,Sukhasana Deltoid Stretch,Sitting Deltoids Stretch,Sitting Deltoid Stretch |
| Category: | Seated & Floor |
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| Sub Category: | Seated & Floor |
| Types: | Hip Opener, Seated, Seated & Floor, Stretch, Twist |
| Anatomy: | Core, Hamstrings, Hips, Psoas |
| Chakras: | Base, Crown Centre, Heart Centre, Sacral Centre, Solar Plexus Centre, Third Eye, Throat Centre |
| Therapy: | Anxiety, Poor Posture, Stress |
| Drishti: | Tip Of Nose |
| Dosha: | Kapha, Pitta |
Sith with legs crossed (Easy Pose). Shoulders back and down. Bring the right arm across your shoulder line. Drop your shoulders down to let your left hand help you stretch your right arm as it presses into your right forearm. Switch sides.
Flexibility in the hips and spine. Improves posture. Strengthens arms and shoulders.
A) Pillow under buttocks. B) Back against a wall. C) Palms together at the centre of your chest. D) Fold a 1/4, 1/2 or 3/4 of the way down. E) Interlace your fingers and extend your arms overhead. F) Easy twist with cactus arms. G) Lay on your back with cactus arms.
Knee, leg or spine injury. Sciatica.
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Easy Pose (Sukhasana) Deltoid Stretch FAQs
What are the teaching steps for Easy Pose (Sukhasana) Deltoids Stretch?Â
Sith with legs crossed (Easy Pose). Shoulders back and down. Bring the right arm across your shoulder line. Drop your shoulders down to let your left hand help you stretch your right arm as it presses into your right forearm. Switch sides.
What are the benefits of Easy Pose (Sukhasana) Deltoids Stretch?Â
Practising sitting with legs crossed helps to improve hip flexibility and get into the low back. Stretches the ankles and knees. Hip opener. Creates the inner environment for a relaxed yet alert state. To balance your shoulders over your hips, and align your head on top of your spine takes a good amount of core strength, so your abdominals will be getting a nice workout. The deltoid stretch strengthens and stretches the arms and shoulders.Â
Is Easy Pose gentle?
Yes. Easy Pose is a gentle pose that is usually practised at the beginning or end of a practice. Even though it looks easy, there’s plenty enough physical work going on in the pose. Sitting cross-legged is also the most popular position for meditation.Â
What is Easy pose also known as?
Easy Pose is also known as:
- Sukhasana
- Decent pose
- Pleasant pose
- Seated With Legs Crossed
- Sit With Legs Crossed
What are the precautions of Easy Pose?
Avoid if you have any leg, knee, or lower spine pain. Avoid if you have sciatica.Â
What are some modifications for Easy Pose?
Folded Blankets: Elevating your pelvis by sitting on folded blankets will allow you to slowly release and open the hips while you lift and lengthen your spine.
Blocks: Fold forward and stretch your arms forward and place them on two blocks.
Palms Together: Press the palms together at the centre of your chest, before walking your hands forward and descending into a forward fold.
1/4: Fold a 1/4 of the way down.
1/2: Fold 1/2 of the way down.
3/4: Fold 3/4 of the way down.
4/4: Fold all the way down (forehead touches the mat).
Up Then Down: Interlace your fingers, extend your arms overhead, stretch up and fold forward.
Pelvis Floor: To sit more firmly on your sitting bones, reach underneath your buttocks and slide the flesh away from the bone. This broadens the pelvic floor which gives room for your inner thighs to release downward.
Socks: If the knees feel uncomfortable, roll up your socks and place them behind the backs of your knees before crossing your shins.
Shins: Support your outer shins with folded blankets.
What common mistakes do most students make when sitting cross-legged in Easy Pose?
One of the aims of sitting cross-legged is to lengthen the spine as much as possible. To do that you need to be in balance.
Common Mistake 1: Sinking back through the hips and low back.
Common Mistake 2: Tipping your pelvis to the front with your belly falling forward.
Common Mistake 3: Legs aren’t crossed at the centre of the shins (the cross should be in line with your pubic bone, navel, and sternum).
Common Mistake 4: Tension in the face (sitting cross-legged is meant to be a meditative posture, so be aware of any tension that creeps into the muscles around your eyes, jaw, mouth and tongue).
