Sanskrit – Natarajasana
English – Dancer Pose
Shapeshift – Dancer Pose
Lesson of the pose
“Dance as if no one is watching”
Mark Twain
Dancers pose presents us the opportunity to reach deep within and soar to new heights. In this more challenging pose, we can remember that the journey is worthy of appreciation, wonderment, joy…and takes determination. Then when we reach a goal, we can do a celebratory dance!
Benefit of the pose :
Helps improve balance, focus and stability
Energizes body and improves stamina and flexibility
Working on this posture improves all standing poses and hip openers
Systems it supports:
Skeletal – opens space in the shoulder, hip and joints of the feet
Muscular – opens hip flexors, strengthens leg and core muscles, stretches shoulders and chest
Respiratory – Stimulates and opens space in lungs
Circulatory – Raising arm overhead and opening heart space stimulates circulation
Digestive – stimulates and improves digestion
Considerations
This is a more advanced pose so important to follow proper alignment moving into pose
Students with wrist, shoulder, back, hip, knee or ankle injuries should move carefully into pose and may consider practicing with support of a wall