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So, from Cobra we go to Downward Facing Dog. And, we can go through Upward Facing Dog.
I want to clarify a little bit what Upward Facing Dog is. It's a Cobra with its knees
off the floor. So, once my shoulders are back over my hips I have a decent extension. I
can reach through my legs, push the tops of the feet into the floor and really super charge
the length. Close the root even more. And, you see that my legs have left the mat. Not
by pushing down, lifting the hips up. Rooting the tail under. It's a deeper backward bend
than even Cobra. When I'm ready for Dog Pose, toes under, toes under. Watch I bend the legs
just a little bit. Very forgiving for the back, very forgiving for the shoulders to
do that. Get your feet into that position. And, this makes perfect sense for Dog Pose
to be traction after that super, I find super deep backward bend. If you really work that
backward bend, then your Upward Dog your Cobra you're going to crave crave this Downward
Dog. You're not going to want to take another Downward Dog, another pose and squish down.
You're going to want to pull back and feel those discs open and those spaces restored.
It's always inevitable in a deep backward bend. You're going to lose some of the spaciousness
in the lumbar spine. Can't help it, it just happens. And, we want to restore. See it lengthening?
Lengthening. Lengthening. So, understanding that traction of Dog Pose within the context
of the Vinyasa which has a Plank, a deep backward bend and a deep spinal traction. It gets you
ready and recovered for what's going to come next.