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How to Practice Downward Facing Dog Yoga Pose

Sanskrit name: Adho Mukha Svanasana

English name: Downward Facing Dog

Related Chakra: Manipura or Solar Plexus Chakra

Chakra chant: RAM

Benefits: Spine, hamstrings, calves, shoulders, brain, heart, chest, digestive system, and abdominal organs


How to:

  • Start in table top pose.

  • Inhale, spread your fingers wide, tuck your toes under.

  • Push the floor away with your hands and lift your pelvis up to the sky.

  • Stretch your legs straight with your heals moving toward the ground.

  • Shoulders move back and down the back body.

  • Head comes between arms, gaze is to your navel.

  • Hold the pose for 3 - 5 breaths.

  • Exhale, bring knees to the floor and sit back on your heels.

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