1. THE COBRA Do this in easy stages. Lie down, face inclined, legs tightly together and stretched backwards, your forehead on the floor. Put your hands, palm down, just under your shoulders.
Inhale and raise your head, pushing your neck back, now use your hands to push your trunk up right up until you are bending in a wonderful arc from the lower backbone to the rear of the neck. You need move no further than this. Nevertheless, if you are flexible enough, you are now able to straighten your arms totally, bend the legs within the knees and drop your head back to touch your feet. Even though the head goes nowhere close to the feet, drop it back as far as possible and keep the posture using yoga breathing. Come out of the pose very slowly and gradually, returning towards the face prone posture. Relax having your head to one part. Do it again.
2. THE BOW This is also an extreme type of the basic bow. It’s surprising how many kids can do it instantly. Get it, once again, in easy stages. Lie face inclined on your mat. If you’re really slim have a nice heavy, cushioned mat for this one. Inhale and bend your knees up. Reach back using your arms and catch hold of your ankles, keeping fingers and thumbs all together on the outside.
Breathe in and at the same time elevate your head along with the chest, yanking at the ankles and raising knees and thighs from the ground. Inhale and exhale normally, seeking to kick up your legs higher and lifting your head upwards. You are right now bent just like a bow, balancing the load of your body on the abdomen. You may stop right here but if you’re able to nevertheless stretch further, then glide your hands down the legs, raise these higher, keep your knees together and pull back just as much as you can. Hold for some normal heavy breaths, then relax back to the face-prone position, head to one part.
3. THE SHOOTING BOW In Sanskrit this is called Akarna Dhanurasana and one leg is drawn up like a firing bow. Sit down with the two legs stretched out in front and back straight. Stretch forward using both of your hands and hold the feet, catching the right foot with the left hand and the left foot using the right hand. Inhale, bend the left knee and draw the foot across the body, near to your chest, pointing the actual elbow upwards and twisting the body slightly right. The left hand keeps firm and tight, having the right foot. Hold pose with normal breathing, release slowly, and loosen up. Repeat on other part. At first it is sufficient to hold the bent left leg using the right hand. When this is effortless, stretch down and keep the left foot with the right hand. Continue to pull on the left foot, raising it higher on each exhalation.
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