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Shashank Bhujangasana
shah-shahnk bhoo-jahng-AH-sah-nah
Improves spinal flexibility and core strength
Tones reproductive system, liver and kidneys
Develops breath control
How to perform Striking Cobra
- Begin in Extended Child’s Pose: sit back on your heels and reach your arms in front of you. Bring your hands shoulder-width apart.
- With an inhale, lift your hips, bend your elbows and slide your chest forward along the floor. Then press into your hands and reach your chest forward and up, coming into Extended Cobra.
- With an exhale, lift your hips and push yourself back into Extended Child’s Pose.
- Repeat this movement.
Alignment cues
- Keep hands fixed to floor shoulder-width apart
- Draw shoulders away from ears
- Keep elbows bent
- Inhale, slide forward
- Exhale, push back
Modification: Rise only into Low Cobra, keeping your belly on the floor and elbows bent.
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Striking Cobra (Shashank Bhujangasana in Sanskrit) is a beginner yoga pose that belongs to the back bends and core and forward bends and warm-ups categories. This asana targets abs, obliques, shoulders and spine, and also involves biceps, middle back / lats, triceps and wrists muscles. Striking cobra tones reproductive system, liver and kidneys; improves spinal flexibility and core strength and also develops breath control. Refer to the illustration and instructions above for how to perform this posture correctly. Discover more yoga asanas and yogic breathing exercises in our free yoga pose directory – a visual resource for yoga teacher training students as well as practitioners of all levels. Finally, shop our best-selling Yoga Cards products!
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