Wednesday Workout: Marichyasana

Benefits of Marichyasana

• Calms the mind and body
• It stretches the shoulders
• Massages the internal organs
• Improves digestion
• Opens hips, pelvis, chest & shoulders
• Relieves mild backache and hip pain​

This week our peak pose was Marichyasana. This pose, named after the sage, Marichi, is a deep twisting, folding and opening seated position. It requires flexibility in a number of muscle groups including: hip flexors, hamstrings, gluteal, and calf. All the folding and twisting of this asana helps to keep the spinal muscles mobile as well as squeezes and flushes the internal organs with new oxygenated blood. Just be sure to be warmed up and careful with these poses. Never force yourself into a pose—that's a great way to severely injure yourself. This entire flow sequence is designed to help prepare our bodies for marichyasana. So, if your goal is to achieve this pose with ease, try working on this sequence at home, Enjoy yogis!
           Namaste.
​                     - Ann

Preparing for Marichyasana
If you're anything like me, you need to prepare your body for any of the Marichyasana poses. Here are just a few of many poses out there that may help prepare your body for this challenging pose.

• Siddhasana (accomplished pose) or Sukhasana (easy pose)
• Supta Baddha Konasana (reclining bound angle)
• Supta Padangusthasana (reclined hand to foot pose)
• Uttanasana (standing forward fold)
• Baddha Konasana (bound angle pose)
• Janu Sirsasana (head to knee forward fold)
  
• Utthita Parsvakonasana (extended side angle)
• Virasana (hero pose)
• Supta Virasana (reclined hero pose)
• Triang Mukha Eka Pada Pachimottanasana (Three limbs facing one foot westward stretching pose)
• Ardha Baddha Padma Paschimottanasana (half bound lotus westward stretching pose)

Once you've had a chance to warm up, then try moving into one of the "beginning level" Marichyasana poses. 

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