{"id":665,"date":"2013-09-07T15:27:02","date_gmt":"2013-09-07T15:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yogacurious.com\/blog\/?p=665"},"modified":"2023-07-22T15:12:04","modified_gmt":"2023-07-22T15:12:04","slug":"squat-yoga-pose-malaasana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yogacurious.com\/blog\/squat-yoga-pose-malaasana","title":{"rendered":"Squatting Yoga Pose (Malaasana)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/yogacurious\/images\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1435920158\/squat-yoga-pose_uuijlr\/squat-yoga-pose_uuijlr.jpg?_i=AA\"><img width=\"496\" height=\"320\" data-public-id=\"squat-yoga-pose_uuijlr\/squat-yoga-pose_uuijlr.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-post-665 wp-image-666\" alt=\"squat yoga pose\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/yogacurious\/images\/w_496,h_320,c_scale\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1435920158\/squat-yoga-pose_uuijlr\/squat-yoga-pose_uuijlr.jpg?_i=AA\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-transformations=\"f_auto,q_auto\" data-version=\"1435920158\" data-seo=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/yogacurious\/images\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1435920158\/squat-yoga-pose_uuijlr\/squat-yoga-pose_uuijlr.jpg?_i=AA 620w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/yogacurious\/images\/w_300,h_194,c_scale\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1435920158\/squat-yoga-pose_uuijlr\/squat-yoga-pose_uuijlr.jpg?_i=AA 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Squatting yoga pose (Malaasana) is considered as one of the basic yoga pose offers many health benefits. It can be performed by anyone who feel comfortable seating in this pose without facing any issues. Malaasana\u00a0helps to get relieves from lower back pain and tones the abdominal muscles. This yoga pose also helps to open pelvis and loosen the muscle of hips and can also tone chest muscles.<\/p>\n<p>You can hold in this Squat yoga pose for 1 to 2 minutes (if feel comfortable) and breathe deeply.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Squatting yoga pose (Malaasana) is considered as one of the basic yoga pose offers many health benefits. It can be performed by anyone who feel comfortable seating in this pose without facing any issues. Malaasana\u00a0helps to get relieves from lower back pain and tones the abdominal muscles. 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