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వృక్షాసనంवृक्षासन

Vṛkṣāsana — a beginner balance pose that works the gluteus medius, calves, quadriceps.

20–45ఆగి ఉండే సెకన్లు · ఒక్కో వైపు

One line on the timetable. Tree Pose is held 20–45 seconds each side, with the breath moving throughout — and it takes its place inside 4 of the practices posted on this site.

మూలం·YogaPath sequence data — stay times as taught·one breath ≈ 5 s at an even pace·జూలై 2026న సమీక్షించాం

Sanskritवृक्षासनVṛkṣāsana
ఇంగ్లిష్వృక్షాసనం
హిందీवृक्ष मुद्राthe common Hindi name
DifficultyBeginnerబ్యాలెన్స్ భంగిమ
Hold forఒక్కో వైపు 20–45 సెకన్లుper side where the pose has sides
Energy, 30 min147 kcal4 MET, 70 kg adult
Worksgluteus mediusplus 5 more muscle groups
AI-generated illustration of Tree Pose (Vṛkṣāsana) demonstrated in full: stand tall and shift your weight onto the left foot until the right foot is light. @amitsharmaofficialFollow
Tree Pose · VṛkṣāsanaAmit Sharma

How to do Tree Pose

Read all of it before starting, and read the cautions further down before starting at all.

  1. Stand tall and shift your weight onto the left foot until the right foot is light.

  2. Turn the right knee out and place the sole of the right foot on the inner ankle, calf or inner thigh — never on the side of the knee.

  3. Press foot and leg into each other so the standing leg has something to work against.

  4. Bring the hands to the chest, or overhead once the shape is steady.

  5. Fix your gaze on a still point ahead, hold, then repeat on the second side.

Hold: ఒక్కో వైపు 20–45 సెకన్లు. శ్వాసను ఆపకుండా కొనసాగించండి — మీరు శ్వాసను బిగబట్టుతుంటే, ఈ రోజుకు ఈ ఆసనం మీకు మరీ ఎక్కువ.

Muscles worked

Where the effort and the lengthening land. Primary groups do most of the work; secondary groups assist or are stretched.

gluteus mediusprimary
calvesprimary
quadricepsprimary
hip adductorssecondary
abdominalssecondary
anklessecondary

What Tree Pose does

Described mechanically — what the movement does to muscle and joint. Not a list of conditions it treats, because a pose does not treat conditions.

  • Loads one leg at a time, which trains the hip abductors that keep the pelvis level.
  • Builds ankle and foot stability through constant small corrections.
  • Opens the raised hip outward while the standing leg holds a vertical line.

Tree Pose is one of 31 balance poses in this library and one of 88 poses rated beginner. Poses held on a reduced base — one foot, two hands, or the forearms.

Who should skip Tree Pose, or change it

  • Recent ankle, knee or hip injury on the standing side.
  • Vertigo or balance loss — practise with a hand on a wall.
  • Pregnancy: widen the base and use a wall, since the centre of mass has moved.

General information only — not medical advice. Some asanas are unsuitable during pregnancy, injury or specific conditions. Learn from a qualified teacher and stop if anything hurts. If you are pregnant, recovering from surgery or managing any health condition, ask your doctor before starting a practice, and learn the pose itself from a qualified teacher who can see you move.

Common mistakes in Tree Pose

What tends to go wrong, and the specific correction — not "engage your core".

MistakePressing the foot into the side of the standing knee.

FixMove the foot below the knee to the calf, or above it to the inner thigh — never onto the joint.

MistakeStanding hip pushing out to the side.

FixDraw the standing hip back under the ribs and press the raised foot inwards to hold it there.

How the energy figure on a yoga timetable is reached

  1. Nobody has measured a single asana in a metabolic cart, so no per-pose figure is published here — not by this site and not by anyone.
  2. The pose is matched to the nearest style of practice in the 2024 Adult Compendium of Physical Activities. Tree Pose sits at code 02175, yoga, Power, 4 MET.
  3. That MET value is put through the standard ACSM relationship for a stated reference adult of 70 kg.
  4. ఫలితం అనేది దీని ఖర్చు ఆ రకమైన ఒక సాధన మీరు ఎంతసేపు సాధన చేస్తే అంతసేపటికి — ఈ ఒక్క భంగిమను పట్టి ఉంచడానికి అయ్యే ఖర్చు కాదు.
  5. దీన్ని మీకు తగ్గట్టు సర్దుకోండి: సంబంధం శరీర బరువుతో సరళరేఖీయంగా ఉంటుంది, కాబట్టి మీ సొంత బరువును కిలోగ్రాములలో గుణించి 70 తో భాగించండి.
kcal/min = MET × 3.5 × kg ÷ 200
         = 4 × 3.5 × 70 ÷ 200
         = 4.90 kcal per minute

The whole method, including what it cannot tell you →

అదే సాధన, గంట గంటకు

దీన్ని టైమ్‌టేబుల్ చదివినట్టు చదవండి: మీరు నిజంగా కూర్చునే సెషన్ నిడివిని ఎంచుకోండి, అదే ఆ సంఖ్య.

Energy cost of a yoga, Power practice at 4 MET, for a 70 kg adult. Compendium 02175 · JUL 2026
సాధన చేసిన సమయం10 min20 min30 min45 min60 min
Calories4998147221294

మూలం·2024 Adult Compendium of Physical Activities·code 02175 · 4 MET · 70 kg రిఫరెన్స్ వయోజనుడు·జూలై 2026న సమీక్షించాం

యోగా కానివన్నీ సహా మొత్తం కార్యకలాపాల డేటాసెట్ ఇక్కడ ఉంది BurnLab.

Asked before class

How do you do Tree Pose?

Stand tall and shift your weight onto the left foot until the right foot is light. Turn the right knee out and place the sole of the right foot on the inner ankle, calf or inner thigh — never on the side of the knee. Press foot and leg into each other so the standing leg has something to work against. Bring the hands to the chest, or overhead once the shape is steady. Fix your gaze on a still point ahead, hold, then repeat on the second side. Hold for 20–45 seconds each side.

What does Tree Pose work?

Primarily the gluteus medius, calves, quadriceps, with the hip adductors, abdominals, ankles assisting or lengthening. In mechanical terms: loads one leg at a time, which trains the hip abductors that keep the pelvis level.

Who should not do Tree Pose?

Recent ankle, knee or hip injury on the standing side. Vertigo or balance loss — practise with a hand on a wall. Pregnancy: widen the base and use a wall, since the centre of mass has moved. This is general information, not medical advice — if any of these apply to you, ask your doctor and learn the pose with a qualified teacher rather than from a page.

Is Tree Pose suitable for beginners?

Yes. Tree Pose is a beginner-level pose on this site, which means it is learnable in a first class and has a version that works for most bodies. The cautions above still apply.

How many calories does Tree Pose burn?

The honest answer is that nobody has measured a single asana. The 2024 Adult Compendium of Physical Activities publishes MET values for styles of yoga, not for individual poses. Tree Pose sits closest to Compendium code 02175, yoga, Power, at 4 MET — about 147 kcal for 30 minutes of that kind of practice for a 70 kg adult. Holding one pose for a minute is a rounding error either way.

The pose photograph on this page is an AI-generated illustration of Amit Sharma. Amit Sharma is real, but did not hold this pose for a camera — the image is generated from photographs of him, and he is not a yoga instructor. It was checked against the alignment steps on this page before publishing, and it is not a record of anyone’s practice.

Asana names are traditional. Every step, benefit and caution on this page is written for YogaPath rather than reproduced from any book, studio or other library — see how this site is written మరియు what it is written from. General information only — not medical advice. Some asanas are unsuitable during pregnancy, injury or specific conditions. Learn from a qualified teacher and stop if anything hurts.

మూలం·Published asana references·asana names, alignment and cautions as taught·జూలై 2026న సమీక్షించాం

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