Standing Yoga Poses & Stretches dvanced Downward Facing Dog Yoga Pose



Downward Facing Dog, a little bit more for advance yogis or yoginis. If you feel very flexible on the body, if you're beginner, you can try this, just on your body and notice your limits. So coming back into Table Pose, nice way to get up into Downward Dog. Hands underneath the shoulders and knees underneath the hips. Draw those toes up, straight in the legs, torso between the arms, lift those sitting bones up towards the sky. You can start by walking that Dog, such a deep stretch into the hamstrings and the calves, when we're doing Downward Facing Dog. Now getting balance onto our left foot, we gently lift and kick the right leg up and then draw that leg to the left, opening the hips, opening the side of the body, opening the rib cage. Breathe and breathe and breathe. Feel that firm balance into your hands, being carefully you're not going to topple over, so you have to have good weight also in your right arm as well. And then draw that leg down. Walk the Dog, breath and breath. And then getting rooted and balance onto our right foot, feeling that nice equal balance into our hands, lift the left leg and then draw that leg over to the right, opening the hips, the groin, the rib cage, the side of the body. Breath and breath and breath. Feel that beautiful opening of the muscles. Allowing the energy to flow deeply throughout the body. Draw that leg down, draw those knees down and it's nice to come into Extended Child after Downward Facing Dog to rest. Remember your breath.