How to do Salabhasana (The Locust Pose)

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[Music] Namaste. Welcome to yoga and you. I'm Kitna from Ratangit Studio. Today we'll be seeing how to get into shalabasan. The preparatory posture for salabasan and how to get into shalabasan. Lie down on your abdomen. Stretch your hands forward. Your legs out. Lengthen your spine. Feel someone is pulling your hands forward and then your leg back. Stretch nicely. Now inhale. Lift your right leg up and then your left hand up. Gently lift your head up. Look at your finger points or else you can look at the ceiling. Stay here for five to six [Music] breaths. Exhale down again. Repeat it with your other side. Point your toes. Exhale down. Now place your palms side of your shoulders. We'll be doing ara shalabasan. Lift your right leg up and then place your left leg. Your chin up or else you can lift your chin slightly up. Try to put all the weight on your lower back. Arch your lower back. Strengthen your lower back. Stay here for five to six breaths. Exhale down. And then again repeat it with the other side. Tuck your elbows. Don't leave your elbows outside. Exhale down. Now interlock your hands under your pubic bone. [Music] Tuck your toes in front. Lift both the legs up and then your neck up. Nice strengthening for your lower back. Your lower abdomen squeezes to a greater extent. Keep breathing. Exhale down. [Music] [Applause] [Music]