{"id":6347,"date":"2016-12-05T13:08:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T20:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/fitness\/?p=6347"},"modified":"2016-12-05T13:08:50","modified_gmt":"2016-12-05T20:08:50","slug":"yoga-pose-day-supta-padangusthasana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/health-and-fitness\/news\/yoga-pose-day-supta-padangusthasana\/","title":{"rendered":"Yoga Poses of the Day: Supta Padangusthasana & Utthita Parsvakonasana"},"content":{"rendered":"

Supta Padangusthasana<\/h3>\n

(Reclining Hand to Big Toe Pose)<\/h4>\n

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Lauren Adelson \u2013 Yoga Teacher at Ocotillo Village Health Club & Spa<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

When considering the use of props in a yoga class, many students wrongly assume that the props mean the student isn\u2019t very flexible or very good at the poses. On the contrary, yoga straps and blocks can be utilized by an student to deepen the benefits of many yoga poses.<\/p>\n

Lauren Adelson is a Yoga Teacher at the new Ocotillo Village, and is beautifully demonstrating a reclining pose called \u201cReclining Hand to Big Toe.\u201d The use of a strap helps the student perform the pose in proper alignment \u2013 in this case it allows the student to keep the shoulders and chest open, while keeping the hips level and aligned. The hips and hamstrings get a beautiful stretch as a result and there is no tension created elsewhere in the body due to straining and \u201creaching\u201d for the toe.<\/p>\n

Benefits of Supta Padangusthasana<\/strong><\/p>\n