Yoga Journal USA – June 2017

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BHUJANGASANA Cobra Pose

When you are ready, draw your hands along the earth and under

your shoulders. Lengthen your tailbone toward your heels. As you

inhale, lift your chest away from the earth and breathe into your

open heart. You can also rise into Urdhva Mukha Svanasana (Upward-

Facing Dog Pose), straightening your arms and lifting your thighs,

hips, and torso off of the mat.

BHAKTI VAJRASANA

Reclining Thunderbolt Pose with devotion

Keep your inner gaze at your heart and coil back through your belly for

a devotional, or bhakti, version of Vajrasana. Sit on your heels, bring

your hands to the tops of your thighs, and rise through your spine

to arch your back as if supported on a cloud while your heart space

expands. Exhale to bow your spine with reverence over your thighs.

UTTANASANA WITH PRANA FLOW MASSAGE

Standing Forward Bend with Prana Flow Massage

On an exhalation, plant your feet, straighten your legs, and lengthen

your heart toward the earth for Uttanasana. On an inhalation, lift your

spine as your hands massage up the backs of your legs and you rise,

with a long spine, to Tadasana.

TADASANA WITH ANAHATASANA AND JAYA MUDRA

Mountain Pose with heart opener and victory mudra

Rise to standing, with your hands at the base of your spine or together

at your heart, as you root your feet into the earth and draw energy

up your legs and along your spine, opening your heart to the sky for

standing Anahatasana. Exhale back to Tadasana with hands overhead

in jaya, or victory, mudra. Slowly bring your hands to your heart, feel-

ing the simple yet profound effect of Prana Flow Pranam.

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