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9 USTRASANA Camel Pose
Come up so you are standing on your knees and shins, torso
upright. Place your hands on your hips. Draw your abdomen
in to support your lower back. Relax your shoulder blades
down and press them gently into your back. Inhale and lift
your chest. Keep your hands on your hips or release them
back to your heels. If it’s comfortable for your neck, release
your head back. Hold for 1 to 2 minutes. This pose lifts the
energy we have been cultivating toward the heart center,
allowing a feeling of expansion and brightness.
10 REST ON STOMACH (NOT PICTURED)
Rest on your stomach, arms alongside your torso and head
turned to one side. Relax and breathe for 1 minute.
11 BALASANA Child’s Pose (NOT PICTURED)
Press back into Child’s Pose (Balasana) with your knees
together, your hips on your heels, and your forehead on
the ground. Extend and rest your arms in front of you with
hands shoulder-distance apart. Relax here for 1 minute,
returning to your natural rhythm with your breath.
12 CHILD’S POSE, VARIATION
Move into Child’s Pose with your knees open,
hips on your heels, forehead on the ground,
and arms alongside the body. Relax here for
1 minute, letting your breath return to normal.13 SAVASANA Corpse Pose
(NOT PICTURED)
Lie on your back with your legs extended in
front of you. Let your palms turn up and your
arms and legs relax. This pose allows you
to fully integrate the energy of the practice
and reset the nervous system. It’s like hitting
“save” when we have written an important
document! Stay here for 5 to 7 minutes.OUR PROS Author and model Tommy Rosen, pictured on page 72, is a yoga teacher, addiction-recovery expert, and the author of Recovery
2.0: Move Beyond Addiction and Upgrade Your Life. His partner, author and model Kia Miller, is certified in the Ashtanga vinyasa flow tradition,
as well as Kundalini Yoga. Her own style of yoga, called Radiant Body Yoga, is a potent combination of breathing, movement, stretching, medi-
tation, chanting, and relaxation. (The Advanced Abdominal-Strengthening kriya is by Yogi Bhajan, as documented in The Art, Science, and
Application of Kundalini Yoga by Nirvair Singh Khalsa.)Story originally published in Yoga Journal,
February 2015.