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What’s your Diwali Yoga Avatar out of these 4? 

‘Diwali’ is derived from the Sanskrit word “deepa,” which is “light,” and “vali,” which means “row,” essentially a row of lights. A festival united with a lot of emotions, stories, food, colors, lights, love, happiness. This is the time when many of us get into unhealthy eating and binge eating leading to harmful repercussions. Enjoying the festival and having fun while also preparing for Diwali becomes difficult, and our bodies are frequently pushed beyond their limits. In the process of all these preparations, fatigue and laziness forces us to rest and relax. Having rest is important, especially because returning to work and a normal routine becomes difficult if adequate rest is not given to our body. Yoga can aid in relaxation, detoxification, and fatigue relief. It also builds core strength, sheds unnecessary fat, and develops body awareness, which helps to control our weight.

Let’s get going with some interesting yoga poses. Define a new you this diwali.

Be a Candle.

1. Candle Pose: Take a mat, lie on your back. Raise your legs to the sky or gently rest them on well. Maintain your arms at your sides. Take a few deep breaths and hold this pose. This pose helps to give a good stretch to your shoulders and legs resulting in toning your abs. More benefits include reduced fluid retention in the lower body, and bringing back deoxygenated blood flow to the heart. 

Be a Dancer.

2. Natarajasana: Place yourself like a mountain. Bend one foot up and grasp it with your same sided hand. Lean forward and lift your other hand toward the wall. Try to keep your balance for a few breaths. It helps enhance concentration and balance, postural awareness, proprioception (a sense of the body's movement in space). It increases the body's energy, combat fatigue, and boosts confidence. 

Be a Lizard. 

3. Utthan Pristhasana: In Sanskrit Utthan means to stretch out, Pristha means the page of a book. Lizard pose can be intense for your hips depending on how flexible you are. Begin with a Downward Dog, making sure your feet are apart and tuck your chin under your chest. Put forward your right foot forming a lunge position. Lower your left foot to the ground, keep your back straight. Slowly lower your forearms and back flat. Remember that your head should be in line with your spine. Press onto the ball of your left foot as you go on straightening your left leg. Now hold the pose and then repeat on the other side. It enhances the flexibility of inner thigh muscles, calms your mind, controls stress and helps reduce extra belly fat. 

Be a Camel. 

4. Ustrasana: All of us go through terrible lower back pain in our day to day life. May it be from completing your assignments to studying for tests a few days before, our back always suffers. This is when Utrasana comes into picture. Start practicing the pose according to the further instructions: Spread your legs and bend your knees hip-width apart. Inhale while engaging your belly, also maintain your hips over your knees, squeeze your thighs together. Make a space between your lower vertebrae, with your tailbone facing your knees. Inhale while drawing your elbows back, toward each other, behind you. Drape your fingers over the soles and press the heels of your hands into the heels of your feet. Lift your shoulder and extend the head and neck backward. 

We hope this blog does justice to the yoga poses you really wanted to try for a very long time. Don’t forget to tell us in the comment which avatar you would like to be this diwali? A candle, a dancer, a lizard or is it a camel? Well I would want to be a Camel since my lower back is hurting a lot these days. We are extremely excited to know from you, your Diwali Yoga Avatar. Thank you for your patient reading. See you again in our next blog. 

Sync Snippets wishes you all happy reading and a very Happy Diwali !!

Written By: 

Pratiksha Sapkale (team SYNC)