Cobra
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Instructions
Lie flat on your stomach with legs extended behind you, feet together and the tops of feet flat on the floor.
Place your hands under your shoulders with your fingers pointing toward the top of the mat. Hug your elbows into the sides of your body.
Press the tops of your feet and your pubic bone into the floor.
Inhale as you gently lift your head and chest off the floor. Keep your lower ribs on the floor.
Draw your shoulders back and your heart forward. Lower your shoulders away from your ears.
Modifications
Practice at a wall
Contraindications
Back injury
Wrist injury
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Pregnancy - avoid while on the floor, okay to practice with palms against a wall
Type of pose
Back bend
Parts of Body Benefited
Spine