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How to Practice Knees to Chest Yoga Pose

Sanskrit name: Apanasana

Related Chakra: Ajna or Throat Chakra

Chakra chant: HUM

Benefits: Strengthens the lower back and helps with digestion. Use as a counter-pose to backbends and spinal twists.


How to:

  • Lay on your back with your legs together.

  • Exhale and bend your right leg and hug it to your chest.

  • Inhale.

  • Exhale and bend your left leg and hug it to your chest.

  • Breathe for 5 to 7 breaths.

  • Optional: you may move your head up to your knees.

  • Optional: you may move your back gently left, right, and in circles to give your lower back a massage.

  • Exhale and bring your right leg back to the ground and straighten it.

  • Inhale.

  • Exhale and bring your left leg back to the ground and straighten it.

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