Dhanurasana – Bow Pose

Benefits:

• improves posture
• improves flexibility in shoulders and chest
• strengthens the core, legs and back

Tips:

• press your feet into your hands to lift the chest
• tuck your tailbone, pressing your pubic bone into the floor
• engage your core muscles
• roll the shoulders down and back, keeping your neck long
• if you feel pinching in your lower back, release the pose and try one side at a time – right hand holding right ankle and lifting up, then left hand holding left ankle