Pendant Pose - Lolasana
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Lolasana is an arm balancing asana. It strengthens wrist, forearms, shoulders, and tons up core muscles, upper back.
This simple looking posture requires immense strength in hand along with a sharp focus to remain in the posture. In appearance, Lolasana looks similar to crane pose but it’s different in practice.
To achieve the final Lolasana pose, you have to practice its preparatory poses consistently. Back to the back practice of this asana can transform a practitioner’s body into a muscular and strong structure.
Lolasana is a Sanskrit word which can be easily comprehended as ‘Lol‘ means ‘fickle’ or ‘dangling’ and ‘asana’ means ‘pose’.
In Lolasana, a practitioner’s body remains hanging in the air on being supported by the hand. Due to this, it is also known as Jhula (means swing in Hindi). This asana also signifies a hanging pendant and so it’s called Pendant Pose.
Pose Detail
- Difficulty: Advanced
- By Type: Arm Balance Yoga Poses, Strengthening Yoga Poses
- Body Position: Inversion Yoga Poses
Step-by-Step Instructions
Benefits and Contraindications
Strengthens the arms, wrists and shoulders
Tones the abdominal muscles
Opens the chest
Generates control and balance
Improves concentration
cervical vertebrae condition
neck sprain
shoulder injury
wrists dislocation
DeQuervain's Syndrome (inflammation of tendons)
pregnancy
Photo poses in different angles
Modifications, Props & Tips
Try practicing this with blocks underneath the hands. This allows for more space for you to curl into the body and balance. Practice other weight bearing exercises like downward dog and plank pose to build up some core strength and wrist strength prior to practicing lolasana. Remember that it’s all for fun and all about the practice! Showing up is what matters!
Variations
- Padma Lolasana
Top Preparatory Poses
Top Follow-Up Poses
- Four Limbed Staff Pose
- Crow Pose
- Crane Pose
