Poorna-Salabhasana
Full Locust Pose

BENEFITS:
  • Firms the muscles of the abdomen, upper arms, hips and thighs
  • Increases spinal strength and flexibility
  • Improves flexibility and tone of nerves exiting the spinal cord
  • Helps relieve and prevent lower backache
  • Helps cure or relieve lumbago, rheumatism, arthritis and menstrual problems
  • Helps cure loss of appetite
  • Helps correct bad posture
  • Improves functions of liver and spleen
  • Strengthens deltoids, trapezius and triceps
  • Compresses and opens spine upon release
  • Relieves cervical spondylosis
tips:
  • Lift using the muscles of the back.
  • Eventually the belly button will be resting on the floor, you may need to roll forward.
  • Lower spinal strength can be used as is in the previous posture, to lift the legs up higher.
  • In Savasana, following the posture, breathe slowly and imagine the muscles of the spine loosening their hold on the vertebrae.