This is an Asana on the intermediate Yoga level. It requires prior stretching or warming up. Please don’t do this pose if you haven’t warmed up thoroughly before and don’t feel confident enough. For me this exercise took a lot of practice before I was able in the slightest sense to master it. Since this is one of my current personal achievements, I was keen on sharing this one with you.

How to: When having thoroughly warmed up, get down on your knees and place one hand after the other on your feet. These are either upright for balance or if you are flexible enough they can lay completely on the floor. This makes the Asana more challenging. Lean your head backwards as much as it is comfortable for you. You might feel at the same time that you’re body pushes forward a little bit. It happens to me sometimes. Breath in firmly through the nose and out through the mouth. At the beginning, you might just be able to hold the pose for a breath or two. That’s completely normal. I, after having it done regularly for weeks now manage around 3 to 5 breaths. In this exercise your whole upper body, including hips and shoulders, will be activated. You might be feeling a slight tension on the front body.

Here it is important to listen to your body and not overdo the exercise since it consequently can cause severe damage. I have come across this exercise in my personal instructed sessions. So, no link this time.