Shishosana

Puppy Pose

Benefits:
​Physical:

• Strengthen front abdominal muscles
• Increased flexibility in the shoulders
• activates the triceps
• Stretches the spine and shoulders.
• Invigorates the body.
• Improves flexibility, especially in the spine.
• Strengthens and stretches the arms, hips, and upper back.

Emotional:

• Calms the mind
• Relieves symptoms of chronic stress, tension, and insomnia.

Method:

• Begin either in Bitalasana or Svanasana
• Extend arms forward
• lower chest towards floor
• hold for 3 - 5 breaths
• walk the hands back

 
Extended Puppy

• Thread the needle, sliding one arm through under the body to the opposite side
• Repeat with the other arm