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Before you start with any asana or breathing exercise, it is always advised to start with a warm-up yoga.  

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Upward Facing Dog Pose (Urdhva Mukha Svanaasana)

 

Benefits:

• Stretches and strengthens the back, thus relieving the lower back pain.

• Most of the body weight is borne by the arms and wrists, thus strengthening

• them.

• This yoga helps to stimulate the abdominal organs.

• This yoga helps to improve functions of liver & pancreas

 

How to do?

• Lie-down inverted on your stomach with toes stretched outwards.

• Bend your arms and keep your palms firmly on the floor near to your chest,

• elbows raised upwards.

• Breathe in raise your body, hips and knees slowly from the floor, press your palms firmly on the floor. The entire weight of the body should be resting on

• the palms and top of the feet.

• Feel the stretch of your whole body right from neck, spine joints, shoulders,

• stomach, lower back, thighs and lower leg muscles.

• Ensure that your wrists are in line with your shoulders. Feel that your neck is

• relaxed.

• Stay in this position for 3-4 rounds of Breathe in & out.

• Breathe-out slowly lower your knees, hips and body on the floor, repeat this

• for 2 rounds.

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Caution:

• Personnel with wrist, shoulder and lower back injuries/issues perform the practice as advised by the Doctor.

• Pregnant women do not perform this practice

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Want to find out what are the things that you should know before you start? Click here

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Here is the video! 

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