Yoga as Therapeutic Exercise: A Practical Guide for Manual Therapists

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Chapter

Selected āsanas for integrating the aims and principles

Selected asanas̄ Selected āsanas

Selected asanas̄ Selected āsanas

•    Stand  close   to  a   table   with    your    back    towards 

the table. Build up the twist to face the table

(Figure 7.27).

•    Stand  close   to  a   table,  facing  the table   first.  

Build up the twist so that your back is towards

the table, your hands or arms are resting on the

table (Figure 7.28).

12. Utkaāsana (Figure 7.2 9 )

Meaning of the āsana and its name

Utkaa means powerful. Utkaasana is like sitting on a ̄

high chair. It is strengthening the ankle and knee joints. It

teaches lifting the spine, thorax, and arms against gravity.

Getting into the posture

1. Stand in Tā āsana.


2. Elevate your arms.


3. Join the palms if this is possible with straight
   arms; otherwise leave the arms parallel, with the
   palms facing each other.

Figure 7.27

Figure 7.28 Figure 7.29