{"id":1609,"date":"2015-01-19T00:50:52","date_gmt":"2015-01-19T00:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paulatooths.com\/index\/?p=1609"},"modified":"2018-04-27T19:17:35","modified_gmt":"2018-04-27T18:17:35","slug":"15-trikonasana-five-pointed-star-pose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paulatooths.com\/index\/2015\/01\/19\/15-trikonasana-five-pointed-star-pose\/","title":{"rendered":"#15 Trikonasana &#8211; Five Pointed Star Pose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(LONDON) por Paula Tooths<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Five Pointed Star is a simple pose that is the beginning of more strength building postures like Horse. Kids also can practice stretching out into the star before moving on to forward bends or other poses.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><div class=\"kad-spacer clearfix\" style=\"height:10px\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To maximize the benefits of the pose, liken your body to that of a star. As the \u2018star\u2019s\u2019 energy and warmth flows and illuminates everything around it, you too can benefit from the same glow.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cYoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured.\u201d BK Iyengar.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1611\" src=\"http:\/\/paulatooths.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/15-five-pointed-star-pose-yoga-meditation-paula-tooths-300x300.png\" alt=\"paulatooths.com\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-id=\"1611\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As a beginner it is important that you keep certain things in mind while doing the pose. Firstly, make sure that you have a yoga practitioner to help you with the pose. Also when you perform the pose imagine your body being stretched such that it is lengthened in all directions at the same time. Make sure that your breathing is steady and even. While you breathe feel the breath passing through the center of your body.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><div class=\"kad-spacer clearfix\" style=\"height:10px\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Steps:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><div class=\"kad-spacer clearfix\" style=\"height:10px\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>1.\u00a0<\/strong>From Mountain pose, step the feet wide apart, with the arms out to the side. The feet should be under the wrists, facing forward and parallel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2.<\/strong>\u00a0Press your weight into the feet, pull up the knee caps and squeeze the thighs, tuck the tailbone, and feel the legs strong and solid, rooted into the floor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>3.\u00a0<\/strong>Reach out through the fingertips, trying to touch the side walls. Relax the shoulders down and back, gently opening the chest towards the front of the room.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>4.<\/strong>\u00a0Inhale and press the crown of the head up towards the ceiling. Look straight ahead with the chin parallel to the floor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>5.<\/strong>\u00a0Inhale deeply into the belly and chest, exhale press into the feet, fingers and crown, feeling your body expanding out in 5 directions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>6.<\/strong>\u00a0Keep breathing and hold for 4-8 breaths.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>7.<\/strong>\u00a0To release, bend one knee and step back into Mountain pose.<\/p>\n<div class=\"kad-spacer clearfix\" style=\"height:10px\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Variations :<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"kad-spacer clearfix\" style=\"height:10px\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">One of the variations of the Five Pointed Star Pose is to place your hands on your hips instead of raising them up to the sides. This variation is especially good if you feel any strain in your shoulders or arms when practicing the pose. Of course this changes the energy flow of the pose a little bit as compared to the original position.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">As you inhale and exhale, you should now concentrate on the flow of energy radiating from the center of the body. There are many schools of yoga that use this variation to \u2018bring in\u2019 more healing energy to help reduce problems such as pain or discomfort in the lower back or area of the stomach or even to help treat problems with infertility in women.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><div class=\"kad-spacer clearfix\" style=\"height:10px\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Benefits:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><div class=\"kad-spacer clearfix\" style=\"height:10px\"><\/div>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Tone leg muscles<\/li>\n<li>Eliminate stiffness in the hips and legs by stretching the muscles gently.<\/li>\n<li>Relieves backache.<\/li>\n<li>Reduces pain caused by neck sprains.<\/li>\n<li>Straightens out the ankles and neck muscles.<\/li>\n<li>Aligns the spine<\/li>\n<li>Lengthens out the entire body.<\/li>\n<li>Opens up the chest.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Using the pose to help open up the body and increase energy levels. As you stand firmly rooted and stretch out in five different directions, your body is flooded with a powerful wave of positive energy. When you inhale and exhale and open up your chest, the pose helps improves respirations and circulation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you have any posture problems such as sitting or standing in an unnatural angle or stooping your shoulders, this pose will help you align your spine and correct such tendencies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><div class=\"kad-spacer clearfix\" style=\"height:10px\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Cautions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><div class=\"kad-spacer clearfix\" style=\"height:10px\"><\/div>\n<p>This is a straightforward yoga asana that can be done by everyone irrespective of age or yoga experience.<\/p>\n<p>The only precaution one should take when practicing the pose is to ensure that your lower back is not overly arched and your arms and shoulders are not strained.<\/p>\n<p>Avoid practicing the pose on a full stomach.<\/p>\n<p>Make sure you check with your doctor about practicing the pose in case you are pregnant or have some back or shoulder injury.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><div class=\"kad-spacer clearfix\" style=\"height:10px\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hope you enjoyed!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><div class=\"kad-spacer clearfix\" style=\"height:10px\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">See you tomorrow!!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><div class=\"kad-spacer clearfix\" style=\"height:10px\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Namaste<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><div class=\"kad-spacer clearfix\" style=\"height:10px\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1523 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/paulatooths.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/paz-paula-tooths-paula-tooths-paulatooths-paulatooths.com_-300x201.png\" alt=\"paulatooths.com\" width=\"114\" height=\"76\" data-id=\"1523\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(LONDON) por Paula Tooths &nbsp; Five Pointed Star is a simple pose that is the beginning of more strength building postures like Horse. Kids also can practice stretching out into the star before moving on to forward bends or other poses. To maximize the benefits of the pose, liken your body to that of a star. As the \u2018star\u2019s\u2019 energy and warmth flows and illuminates everything around it, you too can benefit from the same glow. &nbsp; \u201cYoga teaches us &hellip; <a class=\"kt-excerpt-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/paulatooths.com\/index\/2015\/01\/19\/15-trikonasana-five-pointed-star-pose\/\" aria-label=\"#15 Trikonasana &#8211; Five Pointed Star Pose\">   <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1612,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,2287,1,306,2770],"tags":[3142,2576,183,55,70],"class_list":["post-1609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-meditation","category-yoga--one-pose-a-day","category-bloom","category-diet-fitness","category-paula-tooths","tag-journalism","tag-journalist","tag-news","tag-paula-tooths","tag-yoga"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulatooths.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulatooths.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulatooths.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulatooths.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulatooths.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1609"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/paulatooths.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3560,"href":"https:\/\/paulatooths.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1609\/revisions\/3560"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulatooths.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulatooths.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulatooths.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulatooths.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}