{"id":858,"date":"2014-05-26T13:42:19","date_gmt":"2014-05-26T08:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/?p=858"},"modified":"2017-05-11T21:45:58","modified_gmt":"2017-05-11T16:15:58","slug":"pincha-mayurasana-feathered-peacock-pose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/pincha-mayurasana-feathered-peacock-pose\/","title":{"rendered":"Pincha Mayurasana- Feathered peacock pose- Forearm balance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\">Pincha means feather, mayura means peacock. This is a challenging inversion, beginners should do it against the wall or in the presence of a partner.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2347\" src=\"http:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pincha-Mayurasana-Feathered-peacock-pose-forearm-balance.jpg\" alt=\"Pincha-Mayurasana-Feathered-peacock-pose-forearm-balance\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pincha-Mayurasana-Feathered-peacock-pose-forearm-balance.jpg 600w, https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pincha-Mayurasana-Feathered-peacock-pose-forearm-balance-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pincha-Mayurasana-Feathered-peacock-pose-forearm-balance-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><strong>Steps:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\">Kneel on the floor. Bend forward and rest the forearm on the ground with the palms facing down. Forearm should be shoulder width apart and parallel to each other.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\">Stretch the neck and lift the head up as high as possible.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\">Inhale and swing your legs up and try to balance without dropping your legs behind the head.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\">Stretch the chest up, tighten your core, legs,hip muscles and point your toes.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\">Try to balance for as long is comfortable<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><strong>Benefits:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\">Strengthens the shoulders, arms, and back<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\">Stretches the shoulders and neck, chest, and belly<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\">Improves sense of balance<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\">Calms the brain and helps relieve stress and mild depression<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><strong>Contraindications:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\">High blood pressure<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\">Shoulder injuries<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\">Back or spinal injuries<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\">Menstruation<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pincha means feather, mayura means peacock. This is a challenging inversion, beginners should do it against the wall or in the presence of a partner. &nbsp; &nbsp; Steps: Kneel on the floor. Bend forward and rest the forearm on the ground with the palms facing down. Forearm should be shoulder width apart and parallel to&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/pincha-mayurasana-feathered-peacock-pose\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pincha Mayurasana- Feathered peacock pose- Forearm balance<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2347,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[138,140,135],"tags":[96,95,29,94],"class_list":["post-858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-yoga-postures","category-arm-balancing","category-inversions","tag-feathered-peacock-posture","tag-forearm-stand","tag-mayurasana","tag-pincha-mayurasana"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=858"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2349,"href":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858\/revisions\/2349"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}