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Dandayamana Janushirasana - standing head to knee pose

I have a love hate relationship with this pose. It's all about mind over matter and having patience. Your heart is sure to raise to the roof after this pose :)  

Benefits

Builds mental strength

Improves concentration

Unifies the mind and body

Helps to develop balance

Tones abdominal muscles and thighs

Good for diabetes

Helps clear and prevent problems with digestion, including flatulence

Squeezes and flushes out the internal abdominal organs, such as the gall bladder, pancreas and spleen, as well as the uterus and ovaries

Increases flexibility of the sciatic nerves

Strengthens the tendons, biceps of the thigh muscles, and hamstrings in the legs

Strengthens the deltoids, trapezius, latissimus dorsi, scapula, biceps and triceps

Strengthens the muscles of the back

Helps to decrease varicose veins

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