Downward Facing Dog Pose

Pose Steps

• 1. Begin on hands and knees with fingers spread wide and tuck toes.
• 2. Exhale, lifting knees from floor and pressing sitting bones up and back.
• 3. Inhale, engage all fingers and palm area pressing into mat with head aligned between biceps
• 4. Exhale, pressing back into the stretch, using exhale to release tension
• 5. Inhale, bend knees slightly.
• 6. Exhale, pressing up and back, again lengthening legs, but not locking them.
• 7. Repeat or hold pose 3 to 5 breaths or as long as comfortable.

Benefits

• Strengthens arms and legs.
• Stretches hamstrings, shoulders, calves, arches, and hands.
• Improves digestive process.
• Improvements have been seen with insomnia, depression, menopause, osteoporosis, back pain, high blood pressure, asthma, sciatica as well as other conditions.