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Down Dog (Adho Mukha Svanasana)
 
Instructions Benefits
  • Come to all fours, placing hands directly under shoulders, knees and feet hip width apart
  • Spread your fingers wide
  • Inhale, curl your toes under and draw your shoulder blades back
  • Exhale, lift your hips and press back through your heels, drop your head
  • Press your tailbone high and open your chest, pressing your chest towards your feet
  • Keep your arms straight, press down through your whole hand (including thumb and index finger)
  • Look towards your feet, shake your head from side to side then nod forward and back to loosen your neck and shoulders
  • Pedal your heels down to the floor one at a time to get more stretch in your calves
  • Breathe deeply into your back
  • Stay here for 5-10 breaths
  • Walk your feet forward between your hands, coming into forward fold
  • Slowly roll up, coming to standing
  • Stretches palms, chest, back, hamstrings, calves and feet
  • Relieves low back discomfort
  • Improves digestion
  • Strengthens arms, wrists legs and torso
  • Energizes the body
  • Improves focus and stimulates the mind


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