Paripurna Navasana
(Full or Balancing Boat Pose)
(par-ee-POOR-nah nah-VAHS-anna)
paripurna = full, entire, complete
nava = boat
An abdominal and deep hip flexor strengthener, Boat Pose requires you to balance on the tripod of your sitting bones and tailbone.
Benefits
Strengthens the abdomen, hip flexors, and spine. Stimulates
the kidneys, thyroid and prostate glands, and intestines.
Helps relieve stress and improves digestion.
Deepen the Pose
Full Boat is often presented as an abdominal strengthener,
which it is to a certain extent. But more importantly
this pose strengthens the deep hip flexors that attach
the inner thigh bones to the front of the spine. Learn
to anchor the heads of the thighs bones deep in the
pelvis and lift from that anchor through the front spine.
Remember that the lower front belly should never get
hard. Bring the tips of your big toes in line with your
eyes
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