{"id":163816,"date":"2022-10-15T13:17:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-15T07:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pharmeasy.in\/blog\/?p=163816"},"modified":"2026-03-02T11:15:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T11:15:19","slug":"health-fitness-benefits-of-parvatasana-and-how-to-do-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pharmeasy.in\/blog\/health-fitness-benefits-of-parvatasana-and-how-to-do-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Benefits of Parvatasana (Mountain Pose) and How to Do it By Dr. Himani Bisht"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<\/head>

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Introduction<\/a><\/li>
What is Parvatasana?<\/a><\/li>
How to Do It?<\/a><\/li>
Benefits of Parvatasana<\/a><\/li>
Risks of Exercise<\/a><\/li>
Conclusion<\/a><\/li>
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)<\/a><\/li>
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<\/span>Introduction<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The science of Yoga has its origin way before the birth of any civilisation or belief system. It is believed that Agastya, the Saptarishi travelled across India, crafting the core cultures of the Yogic way of life.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the 69^{th<\/sup> meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, it was declared that 21^{st<\/sup> June will be commemorated as the \u2018International Day of Yoga\u2019. In addition, our Hon\u2019ble Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi, urged us to adopt the invaluable gift of Yoga.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n}}
People who are more active and do regular physical activities tend to live a healthier life. Additionally, it increases your ability to do daily chores and gain countless health benefits. Now, it\u2019s your time to make a few lifestyle choices and get yourself introduced to Yoga.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, today in this blog, we feature one simple Yogasana, Parvatasana. It includes a type \u2018Inverted Parvatasana\u2019 which is the most commonly known pose. For the sake of this article, inverted parvatasana is the one that is being described. However, for ease of description, we shall refer to it as Parvatasana.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Parvatasana is a part of Surya Namaskar and is ideally done early in the morning, facing the rising Sun. Our body gets the rich vitamin D by soaking in rays of the Sun 1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
The mountain pose assumes a triangle shape in its final posture. A triangle represents the flow of energy connecting mind-body-spirit. The triangle shape formed during the mountain pose brings the mind to the present state and roots in the spiritual nature, increasing the concentration power 3<\/a><\/sup>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
On the event of the 2^{nd<\/sup> International Yoga Day, a woman doing an inverted Parvatasana yoga pose was projected on the iconic United Nations headquarters building}4<\/a><\/sup>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/span>What is Parvatasana?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\nParvatasana is a part of Surya Namaskar asana. It is an ancient practice of offering prayers to the rising Sun early in the morning along with physical postures 1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Parvatasana is a Sanskrit word in which \u2018Parvata\u2019 means mountain and asana means \u2018pose\u2019 or \u2018posture\u2019. Hence, it is also called \u2018mountain pose\u2019 because the final position of the body resembles the shape of a mountain 1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Just like the strong nature of the mountains, this mountain pose yoga brings the qualities of strength, stability and persistence to our body 2<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Parvatasana has two major variations:\u00a0<\/p>
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