Published 17:15 IST, August 31st 2020

Malaika Arora shares ‘Onam stretches’ on Instagram, performs Astavakrasana; See here

Every week Malaika Arora shares a picture of herself wherein the actor demonstrates a Yoga pose. This time, her move of the week featured the Astavakrasana.

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Bollywood actor Malaika Arora is a huge fitness enthusiast. Her Instagram profile is akin to this fact. Every week Malaika shares a picture of herself wherein actor demonstrates a Yoga pose. Malaika refers to it as ‘move of week’. This time, Malaika Arora's move of week featured Astavakrasana.

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Malaika Arora's move of week:

Are you wondering, “What is Astavakrasana”? Astavakrasana is also referred to as eight-fold pose. This is a hand-balancing yoga pose that helps to strengn abdominal muscles. Malaika Arora captioned Instagram post as:

“Hey re everyone! Firstly, wishing all those who are celebrating, a Happy Onam! Spend some amazing time with your families and enjoy your Shya!

After some Onam indulgence, time for some Onam stretches with my #malaikasmoveofweek And don’t forget to tag me, @sarvayogasudios and @divayoga when you post!

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This week’s pose is Astavakrasana
- Start sitting in comfortable position, with legs extending out in front of you.
- Next, bend your right knee and bring sole of your right leg to floor, close to right buttock.
- Slowly, lift your right foot off floor and bring your shin (fore part of lower leg) parallel to floor.
- Try to reach right knee as high as possible on left arm.
- To support position place both palms on bricks on higher side of your hips and keep straightening your left leg.
- Lift your body off floor (with both legs) and bring foot forward your body to join left and right ankle.
- w bend your arms to 90 degrees and slowly shift weight of your body forward while keeping your position parallel to floor. Simultaneously, move both legs over to left.
- Try to keep your legs as straight as possible, lift your he.

Let’s stretch, sweat and smile through week!

#mondaymotivation #malaikasmondaymotivation #malaikaarora #yogagirl #yogachallenge #contestalert #mylifemyyoga #fitindiamovement”.

You can check out Instagram post here:

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Malaika Arora’s Onam stories and posts:

While Malaika Arora shared Onam greetings in her Instagram posts, she also shared Instagram stories featuring festival greetings. actor reposted Onam greetings shared by her friend, Kim Sharma. You can check out Malaika Arora’s Instagram stories here.