Australian Yoga Journal - April 2018

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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 centre,

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 Pro Author and model Tommy Rosen, 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, meditation, 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.