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Samasthiti
sah-mah-stee-tee
Improves posture, aligns spine
Calms nervous system
Promotes awareness
How to perform Mountain
- Stand with your feet together. Allow your arms to hang by your sides, palms facing in.
- Reach the crown of your head toward the sky. Point your tailbone toward the floor.
- Widen across your collarbones and relax your shoulders downward. Engage your core and thighs and lift your kneecaps up.
- Hold the pose and take slow, deep breaths.
Alignment cues
- Point tailbone toward floor
- Soft, steady gaze
- Lift kneecaps up
- Body weight centered between heels and toes
- Chin parallel to floor
Modification: Check your alignment by practicing with your back to a wall.
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Mountain (Samasthiti in Sanskrit) is a beginner yoga pose that belongs to the standing category. This asana targets abs, lower back and spine, and also involves chest, knees and quadriceps muscles. Mountain calms nervous system; improves posture, aligns spine and also promotes awareness. Refer to the illustration and instructions above for how to perform this posture correctly. Discover more yoga asanas and yogic breathing exercises in our free yoga pose directory – a visual resource for yoga teacher training students as well as practitioners of all levels. Finally, shop our best-selling Yoga Cards products!
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