Urdhva Hastasana
Upward Salute · ఊర్ధ్వ హస్తాసనం
🧍 Interactive 3D model and video lesson
Turn the model, watch it in slow motion, see the common mistake, and play a narrated 3D video lesson you can download.
Beginner Standing asanas · నిలబడి చేసే ఆసనాలు
⏱ Hold / repeat: 3–5 breaths · 👧 suitable for children (with an adult) · 👵 senior-friendly
How to do it
- Stand in Tadasana.
- Breathing in, sweep the arms out and up overhead.
- Keep the shoulders relaxed and palms facing each other.
- Lengthen up through the fingertips without arching the lower back.
- Breathing out, lower the arms.
🌬️ Breathing: Inhale as the arms rise, exhale as they lower.
✅ Benefits
- Stretches the sides of the body and shoulders
- Encourages upright posture
- Energising
❌ Common mistakes
- Shrugging the shoulders to the ears
- Arching the lower back
⚠️ Avoid it, or take care, if
- Shoulder injury: raise the arms only partly
🪑 Easier versions
- Arms at shoulder height
- Seated on a chair
Stop at once with chest pain, faintness, severe breathlessness or sharp pain. Emergency: 108 / 112. Educational content, not medical advice.
More Standing asanas
Tadasana Tiryaka Tadasana Katichakrasana Trikonasana Parivrtta Trikonasana Virabhadrasana I Virabhadrasana II Utkatasana Utthita Parsvakonasana Prasarita Padottanasana
Yoga supports well-being; it does not diagnose or treat disease. If you have a health condition, are pregnant or have had surgery, ask your doctor first. Advanced poses (headstand, shoulder stand, plough, wheel, crow, lotus) need a qualified teacher.
