Asana Lab: Standing Forward Fold (Uttanasana)🌾

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✨ Options to Modify:

🔹 Bend your knees generously

🔹 Rest hands on blocks if the mat feels far away

🔹 Grab opposite elbows for a ragdoll variation

🔹 Add gentle swaying from side to side for a different sensation

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💪 Benefits:

✅ Stretches hamstrings, calves & lower back

✅ Relieves tension in the neck & spine

✅ Calms the nervous system & reduces stress

✅ Enhances circulation & stimulates digestion

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⚠ Contraindications:

🤰 If pregnant, widen your stance & avoid deep forward folds

🚫 For low blood pressure or dizziness, rise up slowly & carefully

🚫 Avoid if you have recent back, hip, or hamstring injuries

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💬 Forward folds teach us to let go—what are you releasing today?