Rabbit Pose ~ Sasangasana

This intense forward fold and inversion has many benefits, but must be done with gentleness and ease. As the weight is poured into your head, connecting the crow with the earth, curling up into a ball, become the still rabbit awaiting it’s next trail of hops. Let your spine round and reach towards the sky, lifting the hips up while holding onto the heels or lower legs. This shape, massages the lymph nodes and compresses the throat to improve sinus cogestion, colds, and digestion. While the head is below the heart letting blood rush into the head, this stimulates and nourishes the nervous system. The roundness of the spine is stretched to increase mobility and flexibility, and with the slow unwinding back to Virasana, restacts the vertebrae one at a time into proper and optimal posture. Try this posture on a mat or even add a blanket under your self from tops of the feet to the crown.