Tadasana -> Tada : Mountain -> asana : Pose = Mountain Pose
Tadasana is pronounced (tah-DAHS-anna)
Tadasana (aka Mountain Pose) is often a starting position in a yogic routine which consists of standing with arms straight down one's sides for balance and alignment *Dictionary.com.
Mountain: tada (tah-DAHS-anna)
1. Stand with the bases of your big toes touching, heels slightly apart so that the second to the biggest toes are facing straight ahead of you. Lift and spread your toes and the balls of your feet, then lay them softly down on the floor. Your weight should be balanced evenly on the feet, the four corners of the bottom of your feet equally pressed to the ground.
2. Firm your thigh muscles and lift the knee caps, without hardening your lower belly. Lift the inner ankles to strengthen the inner arches, then imagine a line of energy all the way up along your inner thighs to your groins, and from there through the core of your torso, neck, and head, and out through the crown of your head. Turn the upper thighs slightly inward. Lengthen your tailbone toward the floor and lift the pubis toward the navel.
3. Press your shoulder blades into your back, then widen them across and release them down your back. Without pushing your lower front ribs forward, lift the top of your sternum straight toward the ceiling. Widen through your collarbones. Hang your arms beside the torso.
4. Balance the crown of your head directly over the center of your pelvis, with the underside of you chin parallel to the floor, throat soft, and the tongue wide and flat on the floor of your mouth. Soften your eyes.
5. Stay in the pose for 30 seconds to 1 minute, breathing easily.
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