Tree Pose
TADASANA

The posture is not the object.  Your body is the object.

• Improves posture, balance and grace of the body
• Helps prevent hernia by strengthening the oblique muscles
• Helps muscular rheumatism
• Helps neuralgic pain
• Improves circulatory disorders
• Good for post-partum rehabilitation
• Relieves tension in neck and shoulders
• Increases joint mobility in hip girdle
• Improves the function of the central nervous and the lymphatic systems
• Traction to the entire spine, increasing the cushioning function of the intervertebral discs

Standing knee is locked, the shoulders are relaxed, and the hips press forward relaxing the knee down and back.