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Camel Yoga Pose: How To Do Ustrasana

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In this practice

Key teachings

Understanding Ustrasana (Camel Pose) mechanics
Letting go of ego in yoga practice
Mindful alignment for backbends
Creating space in hip flexors and chest

Ideal for

All levels, especially those new to backbends
Practitioners looking to deepen Camel Pose
Individuals seeking emotional and physical opening
Students of Young Ho Kim's Inside Yoga Alignment

Lesson

Instructions

💖 Want to learn Inside Flow from scratch? Click here: 💖 . The Camel Yoga Pose(Ustrasana) and backbends can be physically challenging for you. But there are also some benefits for you from an emotional standpoint.

This video is a part of Young Ho Kim´s Inside Yoga Alignment course.

While most of us picture really strong, deep backbends such as Wheel pose (Urdhva Dhanurasana), you may find that Camel pose (Ustrasana) is much more accessible to you or your students. It's a great exercise not only for your body but also for your mind since this asana teaches you to let go of your ego in your yoga practice instead of forcing your body into an Instagram-worthy position for which it may not be ready yet.

📖 You will find more information about the Camel Yoga Pose in our Magazine

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Steps

Ustrasana (Camel Pose) detailed alignment
Inward thigh rotation for hip stability
Pubic bone lift for core engagement
Shoulder blade engagement for chest opening

Benefits

Emotional release and letting go of ego
Opens the chest and shoulders
Strengthens back muscles
Stretches hip flexors and thighs
Improves spinal flexibility

Dhanurasana Ustrasana Wheel Pose Urdhva Dhanurasana Asana

Transcript

[Music] so the entry of this pose is very important your knees are hip white now open your feet this helps inwardly rotate your thigh first and now put your buttocks outside and now bring your elbows toward each other open your chest and now pull up your pubic bone and now push your buttocks a forward stop when you feel a stretch on your thigh is perfect and now bring your feet together parallel from here lift your chest up shoulders up and back lift your chest up and now bring your hands out rotate and grab your heel I'll rotate your arms more the tips of your shoulder blades towards each other and I'll lift up your chest and from here imagine you want to straighten your leg you want to straighten your leg push down so you can push your femur bone backwards so create more space and your hip flexor push your femur your thighs backwards so you can elevate your heart up to the ceiling okay raise your right arm up and come up and come out of the pose and sit down [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause]

Practice summary

Level: all levels
Duration: 4 minutes
Equipment: yoga mat
Target areas: SpineChestShouldersHip flexorsThighsCore
Energy: balancing

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