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Fitness Chaturanga danda asana for Bicep Toning! 7. To come out of the pose, exhale and lower down to your belly or push back up to Plank Pose. Or inhale and come onto the tops of your feet and into Upward-Facing Dog. 1. From Plank Pose, align your shoulders slightly ahead of the wrists and come onto the balls of your feet, pressing the soles of your feet back, as if into a wall behind you. 2. Simultaneously push back through the heels to engage the quadriceps and bring the lower body to life, and reach your sternum forward, creating a straight, taut line of energy from the crown of your head through your feet. 3. On an inhalation, draw the heads of the shoulders and the tops of the thighs up and away from the floor, pull your lower body up and in, and release the tailbone toward the floor. 10) Can YOGA streches be painful at times? What are the painful streches of YOGA? What precautions do you take before making your clients do such painful streches? Ans) I would not call any stretch in yoga as painful. Its a beautiful feeling when we stretch and lengthen the muscles while practicing any asana. 12) We are an avid follower of your blog..Any fu- ture plans to write a book? Ans) Yes, I am in a process of writing a book on Positive Thinking and Yoga. 13) A major misconception of Yoga that you would like to change? Ans) The majority of inquiries I get for Yoga are mainly aimed at weight loss and body toning as- pects. Yoga is not just a 'Physical exercise'. 6. Continue to rea the heels, sternum of the head as yo 5. Bring your gaze to 6 inches in front of yo to lower until your sho the same height as yo 4. On an exhalation, bend yo keeping them over your wris against your sides. Slowly lo toward the floor, keeping you straight as a plank of wood, your center sag nor sticking