Yoga poses: Half Fish King pose

Practice:

1. Sit on the ground with your legs straight forward

2. Bend your left knee, fold your thighs and calves, and place your left foot under your hips.

3. Bend your right knee, lift your right leg for yoga, and place your right leg on the outside of your left thigh so that the outside of your right ankle touches the outside of your left thigh that is placed on the ground. Place the shin of the right leg perpendicular to the ground.

4. Turn the trunk 90 degrees to the right until the left armpit abuts the outside of the right thigh. Exhale with your armpit over your right knee, stretch your left arm and twist it around your right knee.

5. Place your right hand behind your hips, point your fingers backward, turn your neck to the left, and look in front of your left shoulder. Or turn your neck to the right and look between your eyebrows. (The spinal torsion is greater when the neck is turned to the left than when the neck is turned to the right)

6. As the diaphragm is compressed by the torsion of the spine, breathing will initially become rapid. But don't be nervous. After a period of practice, you can maintain this position for 1 minute under normal breathing.

7. Relax slowly, straighten your right leg, and then straighten your left leg.

8. Repeat this posture on the other side.

Tips for beginners:

In the half-fish posture, the opposite arm goes around the outside of the thigh. For beginners, such positions can be very difficult and potentially dangerous. Please ensure that your body performs this kind of twist safely.

Benefits:

- Stimulate liver and kidneys

- Stretch shoulders, hips and neck

- Revitalize the spine

- Relieves irregular menstruation, fatigue, sciatica and back pain

- It has an adjuvant treatment effect on asthma and hair loss

- Traditional yoga textbooks show that Ardha Matsyendrasana can elevate desire, destroy disease and awaken kundalini

Contraindications/warnings:

- Back or spinal injury, you can only try the Half Fish King Style under the guidance of an experienced yoga instructor (Internship Editor: Long Weiquan)