Sanskrit – Bharmanasana
English – Table Top
Shapeshift – Table Top -
The Lesson of the Table:
To maintain balance between all legs. Don’t you get bothered when you are at a cafe and the table legs are wobbly?
Benefit of the pose :
This pose is a great beginner pose, supporting transition into many of the yoga poses.
This is a restorative pose, calming the brain and alleviating stress and mild depression
Reduces anxiety and fatigue
Improves sense of balance
Helps relieve back pain
Systems it supports:
Skeletal – relieves tension, stretches, and aligns the spine, strengthens wrists
Muscular – strengthens back, shoulder and arm muscles
Respiratory – Neutral pose helps bring awareness to breath and the space in the lungs
Nervous – Calming and grounding for the nervous system
Considerations:
If injury to the wrists or knees, will want to keep energy lifted out of joints. Additional padded support for knees or using fists to support wrists could be helpful.