The Sphinx
- Focus: Spine
- Level: Beginner
- Total Time: 5 to 10 breaths
- Indications: fatigue, depression
- Contraindications: headache, back injury
The Sphinx
Note:
The sphinx strengthens your spine while simultaneously stretching your shoulders, abdomen, lungs, and chest. It can energize your abdominal organs and help relieve stress. Individuals with a headache or back injury should avoid this pose.
Pose Instruction
- Begin by lying on your stomach with your legs together. Tense your tailbone into your pubis and elongate it toward the soles of your feet. Turn your thighs inward to elongate your sacrum and stretch your lower back to prep it for the rest of this pose.
- While actively stretching through your toes, continue to elongate your tailbone. Slightly tense your hips and activate your legs while resting your brain, eyes and tongue.
- Position your elbows under your shoulders and set your forearms on the ground. Breathe in and raise your head and torso off the ground and into a soft backbend.
- Softly draw your stomach up from the ground to make your backbend evenly distributed across your vertebrae.
- Stay in this position for five to 10 breaths. To release yourself from this position, breathe out, gently lower your stomach to the ground followed by your chest and head. Lay your head on its side and rest on the ground for a few moments as you breathe consistently.
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