The very name of the pose is suggestive of courage. Shivering of hands and legs and becoming anxious are associated with fear. The reaction would be anger followed by various other issues. All these are owing to the fact that we consider ourselves weak. Hero Pose makes you fearless and gives you a sense of courage.
Regular practice of Hero Pose promotes blood flow to ankles, joints, hips, neck, shoulders and spine and strengthens the same. It helps with the co-ordination of nervous system and muscle function. Stronger muscles and nervous system relieves fear and promotes courage.
Other Benefits of Hero Pose
- Hero Pose improves flexibility from hips to toes.
- It relieves tiredness in legs.
- The pose cures respiratory conditions.
- Improves digestion
- Hero Pose is an effective yoga pose for menstrual pain.
- It helps to regulate high blood pressure.
- It reduces swelling in feet.
Instructions
- Assume Thunderbolt Pose.
- Slightly bend forward, spread your legs apart and sit on the space between your feet. Thighs should be close to each other.
- Place your palms on your thighs. Alternately, you can interlock your fingers, raise your hands over your head with palms facing upwards.
- Hold the pose for 20 seconds initially. With practice, you can increase the duration to one minute.
Note
If sitting on the space between feet is difficult, place a yoga block or a folded blanket under your ankles.
Those with severe knee pain should refrain from practicing the pose.
Yoga Pose for Day 23 – Supine Thunderbolt Pose (Supta Vajrasana)
In an earlier post, we have given the benefits of Thunderbolt Pose and instructions on how to perform it. Thunderbolt Pose, as mentioned earlier, strengthens your body. Supine Thunderbolt Pose is a supine pose in which your legs are as in Hero Pose. ‘Supta’ in Sanskrit means ‘supine’ and Supta Vajrasana is Lying Thunderbolt Pose.
Yoga Pose for Day 21 – High Plank Pose (Kumbhakasana)
The poses done so far are effective in strengthening certain parts of the body. High Plank Pose strengthens the whole body. High Plank Pose is called Kumbhakasana in Sanskrit. Though ‘kumbhaka’ is generally said to mean ‘breath retention’, it also means ‘pot’, which here refers to the human torso. This pose promotes flow of blood and life force
Yoga Pose for Day 20 – Wind Relieving Pose (Pavana Mukthasana)
Wind Relieving Pose can be performed as a counter pose for Bow Pose. Ancient Siddhars have mentioned that there are 4448 diseases that can affect a human body.
