Step by Step Cobra Pose
Fiji unpacks the key elements of this deceptively simple backbend that is the cornerstone posture for practicing safe backbends and developing a strong and stable back body.
To learn more about how the spine functions in poses like this one, check out Fiji's online course, Anatomy of the Spine, which is one of 30 courses that make up our online/in-person 250-Hour Yoga Teacher Training Program.
Comments
How do you breathe? Do you practice lateral breathing in this asana? When you come up you breathe out and when you go down you breathe out?
I notice i am using a lot of arm strength to get myself up and that i belly breathe which is difficult in this pose
Wow! I hadn't realized how many elements I was missing! Now I have a much better understanding and am working on a stronger back.