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Seal Pose

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In this practice

Key teachings

  • Spinal lengthening and decompression
  • Abdominal stretch and core awareness
  • Mindful backbending without compression

Ideal for

  • Individuals seeking gentle backbends
  • Those needing abdominal stretching
  • People with mild back discomfort

Lesson

Steps

  • Seal Pose (variant of Cobra/Sphinx)
  • Relaxed leg positioning

Benefits

  • Increases spinal flexibility
  • Stretches abdominal muscles and hip flexors
  • Opens chest and shoulders
  • Relieves mild back stiffness

Transcript

seal pose go down to your push-up position but instead of having your toes on the ground you're just going to relax them and bring the hips all the way down to the floor and hold this stretch instead of crunching down on your spine as you do it you want to lengthen through your abs so you really just want to grow as tall as possible feels more like an AB stretch than a back crunch

Practice summary

Level
all levels
Duration
2 minutes
Equipment
yoga mat
Target areas
spineabdomenchestshoulders
Energy
balancing

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