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Yoga Cobra Pose for Healthy Back

Yoga Cobra Pose for Healthy Back:


Kundalini Yoga Cobra Pose Practice Details:
a. Step-by-Step Instructions for Kundalini Yoga Cobra Pose:

Lie flat on the floor, stomach down and feet extended.

Place your hands near your shoulders and then raise your upper body and torso up off the ground. The upper thighs should remain on the floor. You back should arch up.

Turn your head up and look upwards as well. Stretching your neck.

You can either do Long Deep Breathing or do the Breath of Fire Breathing Exercise.
As a variation, you can go up and down in cobra pose. Coming up and breathing in, holding the position for a few seconds and then coming back down and exhaling.

b. Duration for Kundalini Yoga Cobra Pose:

15 Seconds - 7 minutes.
Start slowly and build up your time steadily from there.

c. Benefits of Kundalini Yoga Cobra Pose:

Very good for improving the health of the back and spine. Good for toning all the back muscles and tissue related to the vertebrae.

Massages all the digestive organs improving both digestion and elimination. Works on balancing both the manipura (navel) chakra and the swadhisthan (sex) chakra.
Works on all the nerve junctions that lie along the spine, as well as the important psychic channels that run through the spinal cord.

Works on improving functions of the ovaries and reproductive glands.

Works on the thyroid and para thyroid glands and the vishuddhi (throat) chakra.

Opens up the heart chakra (anahata) promoting softness of character.

Good for improving vision and toning the optical nerve.

Builds upper body strength. Specially the shoulders (deltoids), triceps and chest (pectoral) muscles. This is more true if you use the modified version of cobra pose where you go up and down.


d. Practice Tips for Kundalini Yoga Cobra Pose:

Careful with your lower back! Do not over strain.

Also, careful with the elbows if you are using the bent arm version.
Going up and down in cobra pose is excellent for building strong arms, shoulders and chest muscles without risking injury."


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Panting Dog Breath of Fire

Cleanse and Detox Your Body with Powerful Yoga



"a. Instructions for practicing Detoxifying Panting Dog Breath of Fire:


Yes the pose is called Panting Dog Breath of Fire!

As illustrated above, sit up on your heels in Rock pose, except lean forward slightly. Rest your hands on your knees as shown.

Now open your mouth wide and stick your tongue out as far as it will go. Now begin to pant like a dog. Remember what I said above and don’t hold back. You are a Kundalini Yogi, just stick your tongue out and pant like a dog. All the breathing should be taking place through the mouth.

Emphasize the exhalation, and with every exhalation your stomach should be contacting in towards your spine sharply (similar to Kapalbhati Yoga Pranayama in this way). The pace should be fast, just like a tired dog panting.

If you feel a metallic taste emerging on the back of your tongue, this is toxic heavy metals being release and cleansed from deep within your tissue, keep going!

b. Duration for Detoxifying Panting Dog Breath of Fire:

1 - 5 minutes. If 1 minute is too much you can start with 15 seconds and build up from there as well.

c. Benefits of Detoxifying Panting Dog Breath of Fire:

Detoxifies and cleanses your system of garbage, toxins and heavy metals.

Strengthens and tones your abdominal muscles.

Builds your respiratory capacity.
Promotes good health and longevity.


d. Practice Tips for Detoxifying Panting Dog Breath of Fire:

Like I mentioned above, you can add this exercise to the end of any Kundalini Yoga Kriya. It helps your system purge itself of any toxins that have been released into the blood stream as a result of the Kriya.

After doing this cleansing exercise, I also recommend drinking plenty of water once your yoga session is completed, to further help wash out any released toxins.
Given the amount of pollution in our air and water, we can’t afford not to incorporate Panting Dog Breath of Fire into our routine from time to time. It really will help cleanse and detoxify your entire system."

Hatha Yoga Poses | Free Online Galleries

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YouTube - Breathing Meditation with Thich Nhat Hanh

Breathing Meditation with Thich Nhat Hanh:

English Tvameva Mata Vedic Mantra for Expressing Divine Love

YouTube - English Tvameva Mata Vedic Mantra for Expressing Divine Love:


O Lord!
You are my mother and You are my father,
You are my relative and You are my friend,
You are my wisdom and You are my wealth,
Thou art my all-in-all, O Lord of Lords.

Knees, Chest, and Chin Yoga Pose- Ashtanga Namaskara Yoga Pose

Knees, Chest, and Chin Yoga Pose- Ashtanga Namaskara Yoga Pose



Also known as: Salute with Eight Limbs
Type of pose: Backbend

Benefits: Increases the flexibility of the spine.

Knees, Chest and Chin is usually done as part of the Sun Salutation vinyasa sequence. It is can be done as an alternative to Chaturanga Dandasana in the sequence for beginners.

Instructions:

1. From Plank position, drop the knees to the floor.

2. Bring the chest and chin forward and down to the floor, placing the chest right between the hands.

3. Keep the elbows hugging into your sides.

4. The hips should stay high.

Beginners: This pose is like a half push-up, and will help you build the arm strength necessary to move onto Chaturanga Dandasana

Advanced: You may want to include Knees, Chest, and Chin in your first few Sun Salutations as you warm up before going on to Chaturanga.

Serpent vertebrae

Serpent vertebrae
Oh to so limber!