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Summary: The bow pose in yoga works to strengthen the spine as well as energize and awaken the body. Learn how to do the bow pose with tips from a yoga instructor in this free yoga video.
Elizabeth Rose is a registered Hatha yoga teacher with a background in Modern Dance, Gymnastics, Martial Arts, and Circus Arts. Elizabeth offers an eclectic blend Yoga, Circus Arts,...read more
"So after our bridge pose, we've warmed up our back a little bit. We've done locust, we've done a little cover, we've done a little bridge. We're going to work into some more extreme back bending. Back bending is an amazing miraculous thing for sending the energy that stagnates in our core, through our limbs, through our body, waking us up through the heart and energizing. So this one is bow, we're going to lay down on the belly and we're going to reach back for the ankles. When you've got the ankles, you?re going to flex the feet, all you're going to do here is reach the toes toward the wall behind you, letting the shoulder blades be drug together, keep the toes flexed and don't let the knees come way apart. Just see if you can keep them in line, inhaling and exhaling, release and do one more time when you're ready, inhaling, lift the heart, opening opening opening. Take three to five breaths here, and then when you're ready, release. And you can rest for a moment in Savasana on your belly before we move on."