Swaying Palm TreeSave PDF
Tiryaka Tadasana
teer-yahk-ah TAHD-AH-sah-nah
Stretches side body
Stretches abdominal organs
Improves balance
How to perform Swaying Palm Tree
- Stand with your feet wider than your shoulders.
- With an inhale, stretch your palms toward the sky, fingers interlocked.
- Bend to the right with an exhale. Do not move your hips.
- Rise to center with an inhale. Change sides and repeat this movement.
Alignment cues
- Bring feet wider than shoulders
- Do not move hips
- Draw shoulders down
- Do not twist or bend forward or backward
- Bend with an exhale
- Rise with an inhale
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Swaying Palm Tree (Tiryaka Tadasana in Sanskrit) is a beginner yoga pose that belongs to the balancing and core and standing and warm-ups categories. This asana targets abs, obliques and spine, and also involves middle back / lats, shoulders, upper back & lower traps and wrists muscles. Swaying palm tree stretches abdominal organs; stretches side body and also improves balance. 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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