Sivananda Yoga Cobra to Inverted V

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Summary: Learn the sivananda yoga cobra to inverted v in this free exercise video.

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Gina Kennedy, RYT Gina received her teacher training at the beautiful Ashram in Nassau Bahamas. She was award the title of Yoga Siromani and is a member of the Yoga Alliance. H... read more

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Sivananda Yoga Cobra to Inverted V

The next breakdown for the sun salutation is taking your cobra pose, Bhujangasana into inverted V. So, I'm going to have Lauren here lay down on her belly. Place your hands beside your chest, really hug those elbows in ribs wise. Yes, beautiful. You comfortable? Chin on the mat. Take a nice inhale. Exhale completely calm and slow. Then, inhaling lifting up the chin the chest. Lifting just below the belly. Beautiful. Notice how her elbows are staying bent and hugged into the ribs. She's now in cobra pose. And, we're going to take it into a nice inverted V Pose. Take a nice inhale. Exhale tucking the toes, lifting all the way up into inverted V. You might need to step up just a couple inches to find your measurement. Now, inverted V beautiful wonderful pose. Many, many benefits to it. Notice the hips. The hip pointers are pointed straight up to the sky. The nice long spine. Her hands, fingers spread nice and wide to evenly distribute the weight. Her arms are strong and long. Her heels are gently released towards the earth. Does not matter if your heels are not touching the ground. The most important part of inverted V is the hip pointers pointing straight up to the sky. And, notice this beautiful V pose right here. Inverted V.

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