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Variation: Bow Pose with a strap (Photo: Andrew Clark Clothing: Calia) Students can give their legs a little upward boost by lying with their thighs supported on a rolled-up blanket. Sometimes beginners find it difficult to lift their thighs away from the floor. Press down through your thighs to lift your chest.

On an exhalation, lengthen your tailbone and kick your legs back into your hands as you hold on firmly

On an inhalation, lift your rib cage and shoulders toward your ears.

Grab the outer edges of your ankles with your hands and flex your feet strongly.Press all of your toes into the floor and then bend your knees, keeping the toes active. Lie on your belly on your mat, with a blanket under your pelvis if needed.Bow Pose strengthens your back muscles, the back of your thighs, and buttocks ( glutes). It stretches your abdomen, chest, shoulders, front of your hips ( hip flexors), and the front of your thighs (quadriceps). Bow Pose also improves posture and counteracts the effects of sitting for extended periods of time, such as slouching and kyphosis (abnormal curvature of the spine). It may help to build confidence and empowerment. It also increases blood flow to your digestive system. Like all backbends, Bow Pose is energizing and stimulates the adrenal glands, which can help you fight fatigue. It’s a resource you’ll return to again and again. I have been practicing Dhanurasana while meditating on the removal of what in Jainism is called ‘ pudgala druvya,’ a type of material substance that can keep us in samsara (cycle of death and rebirth).” -Cameron Allen, YJ astrology columnistīecome a member today to access Yoga Journal’s comprehensive Pose Library, which blends expert insights from top teachers with video instruction, anatomy know-how, variations, and more for 50+ poses, including Bow Pose. In that process, I have opened to this asana even more. I recently was invited to deepen my understanding of the philosophical roots of yoga. It opens my thighs, pelvic region, abdominal, and heart spaces, which is needed for me as an ex-football player.

While practicing the pose, I imagine myself as a bow and my breath as an arrow, slicing through stagnant spaces within my whole being. I am a Sagittarius rising, and I find Dhanurasana fitting for me, since Sagittarius is the archer. Why We Love It: “I began to deepen my practice of Dhanurasana when I came to understand it translates to ‘Bow’ pose. Sanskrit: Dhanurasana ( dah-nur-AH-sa-na)

Strengthening your diaphragm through your yoga practice will help you get out of your head, stay grounded in your body, and quiet your mind-on and off the mat. Breathing more deeply can lower your heart rate, regulate blood pressure, and help you relax. Expanding through the front, back, and sides of your body stretches the diaphragm so that you can take deeper breaths. You may find yourself holding your breath in Bow Pose-resist this urge. It helps improve your posture by opening your chest and shoulders, counteracting the time you spend hunched over your computer. This heart-opening backbend stretches your hip flexors and hamstrings (aka the muscles that are shortened and tightened, respectively, from all that sitting) while strengthening your back. If you’re among the millions of people glued to a desk for hours upon hours every day, then you need Dhanurasana (Bow Pose) in your life.

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