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Firefly Pose Or Tittibhasana: Helps Your Body To Open Up The Back Portion

What is is firefly pose, how many postures involved in it

The Firefly pose or Tittibhasana is an advanced yoga pose of the arm balance category. When your body is in this posture you resemble an insect in flight. This is a very dynamic posture that helps to open up the back portion of your body, with particular stress on the spine and hamstrings. It strengthens the arms and wrists, as well as the abdomen. Practicing this yoga pose is also extremely beneficial for the improvement of balance or equilibrium and mental abilities. It can however be an extremely complicated or demanding posture as it requires a great deal of stamina and harmony to execute it with any degree of finesse or grace.

As with all other yoga poses the Firefly pose is not intended for practice as an individual exercise in itself. Yoga asanas or poses are practiced in a flowing sequence, with one pose leading in to another. This is the best way to practice the poses to derive the fullest benefits. There are off course certain poses that are best suited to be practiced together and in a particular order. In the context of the Firefly pose here are some yoga poses that you should consider practicing before or after.

Before:

• The Eagle Pose or Garudasana
• The Crane Pose or Bakasana
• The Bound Angle Pose or Baddha Konasana
• The Wide Legged Squat or Malasana

After:

• The Standing Forward Bend or Uttanasana
• The Downward Facing Dog Pose or Adho Mukha Svanasana
• The Upward Facing Dog Pose or Urdhva Mukha Svanasana

The Practice:

• Begin your practice from the Malasana or Wide Legged Squat.
• Make sure that your feet are some distance apart, greater than hip width, and place your hands on your mat before you.
• Envelope your feet with your hands working their way behind, and try to reach at your shoulders from beneath the knees, standing a little.
• After this squat back down bringing your body weight onto your hands. Do this very gradually.
• Then raise your feet and position them in front of you and when comfortable straighten them out completely. When doing this keep the thighs pressed inwards   squeezing against the upper arms.

Keep in mind that this is an advanced pose and should not be attempted if you are not experienced and have no guidance. Do not attempt the pose if you suffer from any injuries to the back, wrist or shoulders.

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