About This Pose
From hands and knees, walk the hands forward and melt the chest toward the floor, keeping the hips stacked over the knees and arms active.
Benefits
- Deep shoulder and thoracic spine opener
- stretches the lats and upper back
- counteracts desk-worker rounding
Cautions & Modifications
- Shoulder injury (reduce the reach)
- wrist injury (come to fists)
Details
- Category
- Prone & All-Fours Poses
- Level
- Beginner
- Sanskrit
- Uttana Shishosana
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