Hot As Health Magazine January/February 2017 | Page 33

Featured Yoga

The Puppy Pose

The purpose of The Puppy Pose is to help stretch your spine in both direction giving you a stretch that releaves stress and tension . When done before bedtime , it releaves insomnia and tension in your shoulders .

Benefits

• Stretches the spine from top to bottom .
• Relieves tension in shoulders and upper back
• Releases Tension
• Reduces Insomnia
• Relieves Anxiety
Do you hold your tension in their upper shoulders and upper back . A few moments with deep breathing can help you with chronic tension and insomnia .
This pose uses the connection to the Earth and the mat to bring the awareness back to the physical body . Letting the thoughts come go with the breathe in and out of the nose . Extending the spine from the top to the bottom .