Salabhasana
Locust Pose

BENEFITS:
  • Same benefits as cobra pose. Even more effective in helping conditions such as slipped disk and sciatica
  • Improves sluggish digestion
  • Encourages concentration and perseverance
  • Firms buttocks and hips
  • Increases spinal strength, flexibility and circulation
  • Helps relieve and prevent backache
  • Helps cure or relieve lumbago, rheumatism, arthritis and menstrual problems
  • Helps cure loss of appetite
  • Increases abdominal pressure and regulates intestinal function
  • Strengthens the abdominal wall
  • Helps correct bad posture
  • Improves function of liver and spleen
  • Strengthens shoulder, arm and back muscles
  • Relieves cervical spinylosis and back pain
tips:
  • Be patient if the elbows are tight, slowly they will open leaving you with healthier blood flow through the joint.
  • Keep the hips of the leg down on the forearm.
  • Work towards using no abdominal strength and getting the body weight into the shoulders.