Beginning and Ending Yoga Poses – Seated Staff Pose and Easy Pose
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Description
These are the first two poses of a series of seven beginning and ending poses I will demonstrate. Check often as I will be adding the rest of these plus many more postures to help you gain and retain good health. In Sanskrit, Seated Staff Pose is Dandasana and Easy Pose is Sukhasana.
Breathing Instructions:
In long deep breathing one will first fill the abdominal area by inhaling the air down, then pressing the air consciously into the lower areas. By arching somewhat forward the chest cavity will open forwards, so that you can not only keep the pressure on the lungs in the lower abdominal area, but also feel the lungs filling in and through the chest area and, finally, because of the forward arch of the spine the upper area of the lungs will fill as well, all without the need to either open the rib cage or raise the shoulders.
Once the lungs are completely filled in this manner, hold the breath lightly for a moment and press the shoulders back and expand the chest out so that the full length and pressure on the diaphragm can be felt.
Then contract the entire length of the diaphragm expanding the back rib cage from the upper chest to the abdomen, so that all the air is squeezed out.
