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Bhujangasana

cobra pose

Bhujangasana
  • Chestopener
  • Stretches the chest, abdomen and shoulders
  • Strengthens the back muscles
Contraindications
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GETTING INTO THE POSE
  • From a lying position on your stomach place the hands with spread fingers under the shoulders with the fingertips in line with the tip of the shoulder and activate the bandhas
  • Elbows magnetize together, close to the body
  • With feet hip-width apart, push the instep into the mat, activate and straighten the legs
  • Sitting bones move slightly towards the back of the knees, causing the pubic bone to press slightly into the mat and creating length in the lower back
  • On an inhale: Use the back muscles to bring the sternum forward and up
  • Shoulders away from ears
  • Gaze is diagonally upwards along your nose
  • The arms do not carry the weight but are a support, lift your hands if necessary.
BREATH
  • Inhale: make length between your chin and your shoulders, between your sternum and pubic bone, and between your sitting bones and your heels
  • Exhale: relax

- Or -

  • Inhale: feel the chest expand in all directions
  • Exhale: let go
GETTING OUT OF THE POSE
  • On one exhale: bend the elbows and lie down again.
PREPARATORY POSES
  • Crocodile pose
  • Sphinx pose
SUBSEQUENT POSES
REPLACEMENT POSES
  • Crocodile pose
  • Sphinx pose
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