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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