Benefits:
This powerful pose encouraces emotional release, while releasing
tension in the upper back, chest, shoulders and hips.
Alignment:
Knees stacked over your heels, feet hip-width apart. Hands are flat,
next to your ears and your palms are down with fingertips toward
your shoulder.
Pull your elbows in to align with your shoulders. Press your hips
and rotate you inner thighs, shifting weight into your legs.
Focus gaze on the wall behind you & keep the neck relaxed.
Utrasana
(Camel)
Benefits:
Opens
hip flexors and rotator muscles, as well as the front side of the
entire body. Sparks the emotion center of the body.
Alignment:
Knees and feet hip-width apart....
Uttanasana
(Standing Forward Bend):
Alignment:
With feet together, let your head hang heavy and keep your neck
free from strain.
Benefit:
This posture stretches the lower back and hamstrings. It stimulates
and rinses the organs in the belly, including the digestive system