Kundalini Yoga Cobra Pose

Instructions

• 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 upward.
• Turn your head up and look upwards as well, stretching your neck.
• 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.

Duration

• 15 Seconds - 7 minutes.
• Start slowly and increase the time and number of repetitions as you are able and are comfortable to do.

Benefits

• Massages all the digestive organs improving both digestion and elimination. Revitalizing the digestive system is one of the first steps for good nutrition and overall health.
• Very good for improving the health of the back and spine. Good for toning all the back muscles and tissue related to the vertebrae.
• 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.
• Builds upper body strength, especially the shoulders (deltoids), triceps and chest (pectoral) muscles.
• This pose becomes more beneficial if you use the modified version of cobra pose where you go up and down.