Salabhasana
Salabhasana
(Locust Pose)
This pose is a great way to prep for more intense backbending. It also helps you build strength in your back.
Steps:
Laying on the belly, stretch the hands back behind you, palms resting on the earth with thumbs facing the thighs.
Extending the crown of the head forward, begin to lift the heart off the earth. Heads of the shoulders pulling backwards, shoulder blades squeeze together.
Stretching the toes towards the back of the mat. Imagine the muscles of the inner thighs firming and rotating upwards. You may lift your toes off the mat.
Continuing to lengthen through the crown the head and extend the toes back finding flight on your mat. .