Five-pointed star (hold)

Utthita Tadasana

Yogaeasytimedno equipment

Wide standing star: feet about 1-1.2 m apart with toes forward or slightly out, legs straight, arms stretched out to the sides at shoulder height with palms down and fingers spread, so the body forms five points.

How to do it

1. Stand with the feet about 1-1.2 m apart (step them out from Mountain), so that with the arms out the ankles sit roughly under the wrists; toes pointing forward or turned slightly out; legs straight, knees not locked; arms by the sides, gaze forward.
2. Raise the arms out to the sides to shoulder height in one line, palms facing down, fingers spread wide.
3. Torso tall, tailbone dropping toward the floor, shoulders relaxed away from the ears, collarbones broad; reach out through the fingertips and the crown of the head, gaze forward.

Muscles worked

trapezi, adduttori, polpacci, addominali, deltoidi, quadricipiti