Dog & Cat Pose

• This Yoga begins on your hands and knees. So get down on your knees and hands like a toddler.
• Set your legs apart and put your hands just in front of your shoulders.
• Start inhaling deeply.
• As you inhale deeply, incline your tailbone and pelvis upsides.
• Try your best to let your spine curve go downward as much as you can. Simultaneously check out that your stomach is low.
• Now gradually lift your head up and smoothly stretch out your body.
• Hold on this dog position for few seconds.
• Now gradually exhale your heart out, simultaneously reversing the spinal bend, slanting your pelvis downwards, stretching your spine upwards
• Gradually draw your chest and stomach in.
• Hold on this cat position for few seconds.
• Reverse again and again.

• This Yoga increases the flexibility of spine.
• It also helps in removing the stiffness of shoulder and neck.
• It helps in achieving right posture for the body.
• It also aids smooth functioning of digestive tract.
• It helps in contracting the bulging tummy flab.
• It is also beneficial in managing stress.

• Curve your spine in the right manner. Never let it slant or bent in the wrong direction.
• Stretch the entire back and shoulder properly and pay heed on tucking your tummy in. Never ever leave your back half stretched and tummy sagging.
• Do not inhale or exhale at a go. Gradually intake and exhale air.
• Never exert yourself, do the entire yoga at your own pace.

Adho Mukha  Ardha Sarvangasana  Asanas at a glance  Bhujangasana  Dog & Cat  Janu Shirshasana  Savasana  Setubandhasana  Sukhashana  Tadshana  Trikonasana  Uttanasana  Virabhadrasana