Rabbit - Śaśangāsana

Try out this Asana with me?, Health Challenge Invite ?a?ang?sana

STEPS :

1. From Child pose, hold onto the heels with the hands and pull the forehead in towards the knees with the top of the head on the floor.
2. Holding tightly onto the heels, inhale and lift the hips up towards the ceiling. Roll onto the crown of the head and press the forehead as close to the knees as possible.
3.  Breathe and hold for 4-8 breaths.
4. To release: slowly exhale and lower the hips to the heels and slide the forehead back to the floor into child pose.

Benefits

• Maintains the mobility and elasticity of spine.
• Nurtures the nervous system and helps with depression.
• Improves digestion.
• Helps cure sinus problems, colds and chronic tonsillitis.
• Strengthens and firms the abdomen.
• Stretches the back muscles.
• Removes the tension from the upper back and the neck.
• Improves posture.
• Stimulates the thymus gland,
• improving the function of the immune system.

Who Can Do

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Consult a doctor before beginning an exercise regime.