Tree Pose For Improved Focus
Tree pose is a fun and easy pose to build focus in adults and children. The ancient yogis believe if you can hold tree pose with ease it reflects a balanced emotional state. Tree pose can improve focus and much more. Hmm…probably better practice this pose with your little yogi.
TREE POSE BENEFITS
- Enhances focus and concentration
- Improves balance and posture
- Increases flexibility of ankles, knees, and hip joints
- Enhances mobility of knees and hips
WHAT TO SAY
Begin in Mountain pose. Plant all four corners of the right foot into the mat. Externally rotate the left leg out placing the ball of the foot on the ground and the left heel on the right ankle. Bring hands together at heart center. Find a focal point and then grow your branches to the sky. Challenge yourself by looking up or closing your eyes.
FUN TREE VARIATION
Find a partner. Stand side-by-side wrapping one arm around your partner’s shoulders. Externally rotate the outer leg to form tree pose. Have a contest by having children hop with their partners from one side of the yoga studio to the other. Ready? Go.
Aerial Yoga Tree Pose
- Place your hammock in front of you. Make your hammock skinny like a jump rope.
- Step up to a standing position in the hammock.
- Kick left foot back and around the hammock.
- Place the ball of your left foot and your left heel on the inside of your right leg above or below the knee. Placing it on the knee can cause damage to the knee over time. Look down. You should have made a triangle with your legs!
- Bring the arm through the center of the hammock so that the shoulder is in front of the hammock.
- Bring your hands together at your heart center, forming Namaste Hands. Find something that is not moving to gaze at. This helps you to balance.