Astanga Project 2020: September 2010

Suckasana, ujjajjii breath harberst
balasana, to Cat's and Cow breath
adho mucka svanasana alighment and breath
vinyasa a cuople of times
SAlabasana : locust or grasshopper pose

PRINSIPLE OF ALIGHMENT IN THE POSE
KEY MUSCLES OF HATHA YOGA ,

SALABASANA STRENGTHENS THE MUSCLES THAT ARCH THE BACK , INCLUDING THE ERECTOR SPINAE ALONG THE BACK LOWER TRAPEZIUS SPANNING THE UPPER BACK , THE GLUTEUS MAXIMUS AND THE HAMSTRINGS .THIS PREPARES THE BODHY FOR THE BACK BENDS THAT CREATE A GREATER EXTENSION OF THE SPINE , SUCH AS URDHVA DANURASANA OR USTRASANA

1- SYNERGIZING AND ACTIVATING:

A- THE GLUTEUS MAXIMUS EXTENDS THE HIP AND TILTS THE PELVIS DOWNWARD INTO RETROVERSION

B- HAMSTRINGS DOWN THE BACK OF THE THIGH EXTEND THE HIPS OUT AND UP , AND LIFT THE KNEES UP!

C- THE ADDUCTORS ALONG THE INSIDE OF THE THIGH ALSO STRETCH THE HIPS OUT AND DRAW THE KNEES TOGETHER .