Free Yoga Exercise

Downward Facing Dog Pose
Adho Mukha Svanasana

1. Begin this ashtanga yoga series from Cat Pose -- Marjariasana -- hands and knee's touching the floor

2. extend your arms and hands out in front of you, shoulder width apart

   

3. pull the upper arm bones -- humerus -- into the shoulder joints, and lengthen the spine

4. rotate the upper arm bones spreading the shoulder joints

5. curl your toes under and exhale, lifting the pelvis and sitting bones into the air toward the sky

6. keep the knee's bent and heels off the floor

7. lengthen through the spine and arms, stretching the pelvis up toward the sky

8. straighten the legs moving your heels toward the floor

9. Inhale, draw energy up the arms and legs into the pelvis

10. exhale, allowing all this energy to penetrate throughout the core of your body

11. hold the pose for as long as you desire, breathing in and out deeply

12. when completed, bend your legs and come back to Cat Pose.

13. Repeat the steps again for more intense results.

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