{"id":4849,"date":"2020-05-05T00:00:09","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T23:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paulatooths.com\/index\/?p=4849"},"modified":"2020-04-23T00:00:49","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T23:00:49","slug":"spiritual-awakening-intermediate-yoga-poses-day-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paulatooths.com\/index\/2020\/05\/05\/spiritual-awakening-intermediate-yoga-poses-day-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Spiritual Awakening: intermediate yoga poses | day 14"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Your calm mind is the ultimate weapon against your challenges.”<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Upward-Facing Dog<\/h3>\n

Sanskrit: <\/em><\/strong>Urdhva mukha svanasana<\/h5>\n
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How to do it<\/h4>\n

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Lie facedown on the floor. Bend elbows and place hands on the mat in line with lower ribs. Hug your elbows in line with your torso. Tuck your toes and take an inhale.<\/p>\n

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As you exhale, push the floor away like a push-up. Straighten your arms and broaden across the chest, hovering your hips a few inches above the floor at the same time.<\/p>\n

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Pro tip:<\/strong> If you have any low back pain or a spine injury, modify this pose. Keep your feet on the mat, point your toes, and press the tops of your feet down into the floor.<\/p>\n

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As you bend your elbows and push up, keep your hips on the ground and roll your shoulders down the back. Straighten as much as possible through the arms and focus on elongating the spine. If you feel any pain or compression, slowly lower down onto your stomach.<\/p>\n

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The benefits<\/h4>\n

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You\u2019ll open up your chest and shoulders, while stretching the abdominals and hip flexors. This pose comes after chaturanga in a classic sun salutation.<\/p>\n

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When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Your calm mind is the ultimate weapon against your challenges.”   Upward-Facing Dog Sanskrit: Urdhva mukha svanasana How to do it   Lie facedown on the floor. Bend elbows and place hands on the mat in line with lower ribs. Hug your elbows in line with your torso. Tuck your toes and take an inhale.   As you exhale, push the floor away like a push-up. Straighten your arms and broaden across the chest, hovering your hips a few inches … <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4851,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2287,2770],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-yoga--one-pose-a-day","category-paula-tooths"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulatooths.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulatooths.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulatooths.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulatooths.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulatooths.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4849"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paulatooths.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4852,"href":"https:\/\/paulatooths.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4849\/revisions\/4852"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulatooths.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulatooths.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulatooths.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulatooths.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}