Pincha Mayurasana: TV actress Aashka Goradia aces an advanced yoga pose, watch video here

Pincha Mayurasana is a beautiful yoga pose that helps strengthen the shoulders, back and neck. Watch TV actress Aashka Goradia acing it like no other!

By: Arushi Bidhuri | | Published: March 6, 2021 5:00 pm

Watch Aashka Goradia perform Pincha Mayurasana.

TV actress Aashka Goradia’s is a fitness enthusiast and yoga aficionado, who often shares yoga poses on social media. She recently took to Instagram to share a video of her doing Pincha Mayurasana or the Feathered Peacock Pose, an advanced yoga pose. While it can be difficult for someone who just began doing yoga, this is ideal for someone who wants to take it to the next level. Advanced yoga poses require skills, and Aashka Goradia is seen acing it like a pro in the video. She captioned the post, “Still got it’ Pincha after 5 weeks.” Also Read - Malaika Arora’s fitness routine is the ultimate workout motivation; check it out

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Benefits Of Pincha Mayurasana

This challenging yoga pose is beautiful and provides a plethora of health benefits. Here are the benefits:

Strengthens the shoulders and upper back muscles
Improves concentration and focus
Relieves stress and combats depression
Tones the muscles
Helps develop upper arm strength

How To Do?

Here is how you can perform this yoga pose:

Start with lying on the yoga mat, facing the wall
Now, bend the shoulders such that they are under the shoulders
Bring the palms together in an Anjali Mudra position
Lift your hips and walk towards your arms
Now, slowly raise your left leg to the ceiling, and kick the other leg off the floor. Hold the pose keeping your lower body off the floor
Your feet should touch the wall
Make sure your head is off the floor, and your shoulders are not too close to your ears
Touch the thumb to your third eye while maintaining your balance
Breathe slowly and stay in the position for a while
Carefully, come back to the initial position

Other Posts Of Aashka Goradia

Performing another advanced pose, check out Goradia giving us fitness goals with Salamba Sirsasana Pada Garudasana or Headstand Pose Eagle Legs. She captioned the post, “When the head is unclear, simple invert and bind’ work your way through the gazillion concepts world has made, you will have to find your freedom beyond those concepts.”

This pose offers many benefits, including calming you down, stimulating the pituitary gland, pineal gland, strengthening the muscles, improving digestion, relieving symptoms of menopause, and help with asthma, infertility and insomnia.

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Performing funky Flying Crow, Aashka Goradia is acing it like no other in this one! The benefits of the pose include strengthening the arms, wrists, neck, shoulders, and improving balance.

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Performing the acro yoga pose in this one, Aashka Goradia balanced on one foot on her husband, Brent Goble’s thigh. This pose requires a lot of focus and technique.