[Pose Of the Week] Launch Yourself In Airplane Pose (Beginner)
Find your balance as you launch into Airplane Pose – a great pose for strength, stability, and focus…
Airplane Pose (Dekasana) is a beginner-to-intermediate level pose that helps to strengthen the spine, legs, and core, creating stability throughout the body and improving balance and posture. Some students may find this pose a bit easier than Warrior III Pose, so it is often used as a transition pose to help you stabilize before moving into Warrior III. Those with shoulder or neck issues may also practice this pose as an alternative to Warrior III.
This standing balance pose is a great pose for building better balance and body awareness, and it also helps prepare the body for more challenging balance poses. It is also good to do this one after spending a lot of time sitting in a car or at a desk, as it helps lengthen the body, activate muscles that may have checked out for a while, and improve posture. Regular practice of Airplane Pose also encourages the use of the chest muscles and diaphram for improved lung health and breath control, tones the arms, shoulders and abdominal muscles, and is believed to improve digestion, focus, and concentration.
This is considered an energy-boosting pose, and is believed to channel energy through the body and stimulate the Third Eye chakra.
If you have trouble balancing, you may wish to do this pose near a wall or a chair where you can place your hand for balance. Those with chronic back issues should use caution when doing this pose, and if you have high blood pressure, skip this one.
How to Do Airplane Pose:
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