{"id":164550,"date":"2022-12-19T13:37:09","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T13:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pharmeasy.in\/blog\/?p=164550"},"modified":"2026-04-15T08:38:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T08:38:22","slug":"health-fitness-benefits-of-dandasana-and-how-to-do-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pharmeasy.in\/blog\/health-fitness-benefits-of-dandasana-and-how-to-do-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Benefits of Dandasana (Staff Pose) and How to Do it By Dr. Ankit Sankhe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<\/head>

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Introduction<\/a><\/li>
What is Dandasana?<\/a><\/li>
How to Do It?<\/a><\/li>
Benefits of Dandasana<\/a><\/li>
Risks of Dandasana<\/a><\/li>
Conclusion<\/a><\/li>
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)<\/a><\/li>
References<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n \n <\/span>\n $\"Join$ \n <\/a>\n
<\/span>Introduction<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\nYoga has become a multibillion-dollar industry. It is practiced by people from all age groups, including celebrities, bloggers, housewives, youngsters, and old-aged people. According to statistical studies, about sixteen million Americans practice yoga every year. Nowadays, several entrepreneurs have started the concept of \u2018doga\u2019 which involves the practice of yoga with their dogs. Yoga is about a mat, outfit, and centre for many people. Yoga has a deeper spiritual meaning which consists of asanas (postures) and pranayama (breathing technique) with numerous health benefits 1<\/a><\/sup>. Let us glance through the health benefits of the dandasana yoga pose.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Did You Know?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Dandasana is known as the mother of all seated poses, as it is a foundation pose that may be the basis of other poses.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Dandasana is called a staff pose or stick pose because the spine represents the staff carried by swami danda, <\/em>who are Indian renunciates.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/span>What is Dandasana?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\nAsanas are practiced by sitting comfortably in one position for an extended period. Certain asanas may open the energy and psychic centres in the body. Asanas may help to control the mind, body, and energy. Dandasana is one such asana that may have several benefits for the body 2<\/a><\/sup>. \u2018Danda\u2019 means staff or stick, and \u2018asana\u2019 means pose. Hence, dandasana is also known as stick pose or staff pose. It is a seated pose, where the staff represents the straight and strong spinal column 3<\/a>,5<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/span>How to Do It?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Dandasana can be practiced in the following way:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Sit on the floor comfortably and stretch your legs in front of you. Keep your feet together.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Draw your buttock flesh out to the sides.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Feel slight pressure on the bones touching the ground while you seated. Balance your ankles and draw your thighs closer to the ground.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Extend your heels, draw your kneecaps towards your pelvis, and continue breathing simultaneously.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Lift your waist by sucking your ribs in and pulling your breastbone up.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Sit the armpits above the hips and lift the waist by sucking the upper side and back ribs in and pulling the breastbone up.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Extend the arms in the air until in line with the shoulders pulling away from the ears.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Look in the front and loosen your jaw.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Keep your shoulders straight back your shoulder blades down, relaxed and away from the skin.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Keep your back straight, and do not allow your abdomen to sag.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>
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