Power Yoga is a wellness-based vinyasa hone. A branch of Ashtanga Yoga, it has a considerable lot of similar characteristics and advantages, including building inner warmth, expanded stamina, quality, and adaptability, and also stretch lessening. Instructors plan their own successions, while understudies synchronize their breath with their development. Kukkutasana or the Cockerel Pose is the seventy-seventh Power Yoga Pose.
Kukkutasana – The Cockerel Pose
The Cockerel Pose or Kukkutasana benefits the arms and shoulders. In Sanskrit ‘kukkuta’ means a ‘cockerel’ or a ‘rooster’ and ‘asana’ means a ‘pose’. In the final position, it resembles a rooster. One of the postures mentioned in the hatha yoga. Kukkutasana strengthens the arms.
How to do Kukkutasana (The Cockerel Pose)?
- Sit in Padmasana, the cross-legged meditation pose.
- Squeeze your hands between the thighs and the calf muscles, till it touches the floor.
- Keep the hands on the floor with palms slightly spread out and pointing forward.
- Putting pressure on the palms try to raise yourself up above the ground. The whole weight of the body should be supported by the palms. This requires a bit of balance. In the final pose, the breathing should be normal.
- Remain in the final position for as long as you are comfortable. Inhale and hold the breath while raising the body.
- Return to the ground. Exhale while lowering the body. Repeat this process few times.
- During the practice, awareness should be maintained on the breath or on maintaining the balance of the body.
This asana requires the good flexibility of the legs and is a difficult asana for beginners. Those suffering from high blood pressure, heart problems, hernia or vertigo should avoid this pose.
Benefits
- Kukkutasana strengthens the muscles of the arms and shoulders.
- helps to broaden the chest.
- Loosens the legs.
- Kukkutasana helps to develop a sense of stability and balance.
- During this pose, the perineum contracts automatically, thereby strengthening the muscles there.
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