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SUN SALUTATION (Surya Namaskara) The sun salutation is an excellent warm up exercise working on promoting flexibility in the body and gives a range of vertebral movements to the spine. It is not an asana but a series of gentle flowing movements in rhythm with the breath.
SHOULDERSTAND (Sarvangasana) The shoulder stand is said to benefit all parts of the body, hence its Sanskrit name which comes from 'sarvanga' meaning 'all parts'.
FISH (Matsyasana) Counter pose to the shoulder stand , the fish gives a backward stretch to the thoracic and cervical regions of the spine.
FORWARD BEND (Pashchimottanasana) Our spines often become compressed due to spending most of our time in an upright position. The forward bend helps to keep the spine flexible.
COBRA (Bhujangasana) In the cobra position the upper body is curling up and back resembling the snake. Gently arching the spine in this way works on the flexibility of the lower back.
BOW (Dhanurasana) In the Bow both halves of the body are being lifted off the ground at the same time, all parts of the back are working simultaneously and help to increase suppleness and strength in the spine and hips.
HALF SPINAL TWIST (Ardha Matsyendrasana) This posture gives a lateral stretch to all the vertebrae, back muscles and hips.
STANDING FORWARD BEND (PadaHastasana) This posture has many of the same benefits as the sitting forward bend.