Palm Tree Pose

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Tadasana

Techniques:

• Stand straight with the feet together and the arms by the side of the body
• Interlock the fingers
• Raise the arms over the head and keep the elbows straight
• Touch the upper arms to the ears
• Breathe in and come up onto the toes
• Stretch the whole body upwards
• Hold the stretch for a while
• Keeping control of the movement, come down to the starting position
• This is one round, repeat for the required number of rounds

Contra-indications:

• Shoulder injuries
• Severe knee conditions

Benefits:

• Improves the flexibility of the whole body
• Balances and relaxes the nervous system
• Helps increase height by stretching the muscles and ligaments
• Increases blood supply to the spinal muscles and nerves
• Opens each and every vertebrae, removing stiffness in the spinal muscles.