Shape your butt with this yoga asana

Anjaneyasana or low lunge is great to tone your butt, inner thighs, hips, quadriceps, and glutes.

Written By: Tania Tarafdar | Updated : February 29, 2016 6:30 PM IST

Anjaneyasana or low lunge is great to tone your butt, inner thighs, hips, quadriceps, and glutes. It also tones and strengthens the muscles of your shoulders and increases the circulation of blood to your heart and helps in digestion. The low lunge also helps relieve sciatica pain (lower back pain). Here is another yoga pose to tone your hips and buttocks.

Steps to do the pose:

Start with the downward facing dog pose or adho mukho svanasana and move your right foot between your hands. While you do this, make sure that your right knee is in alignment with your heel.
Now slowly bring your knee towards the floor.
Slide your left leg behind until you feel a stretch in your groin.
Breathing in, lift your body and make it upright. Now spread your arms to the sides and then upwards. In this pose, a person's chest is pushed outwards and the back arches.
Lift your head upwards and stretch your fingers towards the ceiling.
Hold the pose for sometimes while you take deep breaths and then bring your hands down to the floor.
Repeat the steps with the other leg.

A word of caution:

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Avoid doing this asana if you are pregnant, have suffered a knee, neck or back injury or have recently undergone abdominal surgery.

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Shape your butt with this yoga asana

Anjaneyasana or low lunge is great to tone your butt, inner thighs, hips, quadriceps, and glutes.

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