Sphinx/Seal
These poses help you restore your spine’s natural curvature while stretching your stomach muscles and the front of your body.

They also improve your nervous system by mildly stretching your hips, pelvis, and ribcage.

Why it's good for you...

How to do:-

Sphinx/Seal
Starting on your stomach, use your arms to prop yourself up with your elbows beneath your shoulders.

Rest your hands on the floor or bring your palms together if you think it’s more comfortable.


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Press up from your palms to extend your arms out into Seal pose.

The Easy Way.

Maybe rest your head in your arms or on a block?

The Counter Pose.

Relax into either Flapping Fish or Child’s pose.
Lower yourself back to the ground and relax your head on either the left or right side.

Coming out of the pose

The Physio Says.

We sit too much, which can lead to bulging discs. This exercise can centralize the discs, helping relieve lower back pain.

Meridians.

Stimulates the Kidney, Bladder, Stomach, and Spleen meridians.

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Focus On Function
Focus on function, not form. How you look isn’t what’s important with yin yoga (or any other form of yoga). It’s all about the good you are doing to your body while you’re in the pose.