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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