Thrive Posture Focus - Toe Stand Pose

Toe Stand Pose

Toe Stand Pose is a traction pose and is good for posture. A powerful posture, Toe Stand will build mental strength and balance. It focuses on the joints of the hips, knees, and ankles and strengthens each.

Sanskrit: Padangustasana

Benefits: Concentration and balance are key in Toe Stand and focused practice will further develop both as well as your mental strength. Toe Stand targets the ankles, feet, and knees helping to strengthen each. It can be therapeutic for rheumatism of the knees, ankles, and feet and by opening up the knee and hip joints it can help with hemorrhoid problems. With the palms pressed and the stomach sucked in, it also strengthens biceps, triceps, shoulders, and stomach muscles.

Technical Points:

Focus on one point on the floor, four feet in front of you
Hips up
Both knees should be in one line, parallel to the floor
Palms together in front of your chest
Stretch your spine up towards the ceiling
Suck your stomach in
Half inch gap between the hips and the heel

Important Things to Remember:

Maintain constant stretching
If you sit on your heel, you fall to the right or the left
Beginners should be careful with their knees
If you have a recent knee injury or acute knee problems, skip Toe Stand and do a second set of Tree Pose instead
Aim to stay in Toe Stand for ten seconds