Sunday, January 18, 2009

Cat and Cow Stretch

This exercise brings great flexibility to the spine and circulates the spinal fluid.A great warm-up exercise.




A.Cow Stretch:-

Position on your hands under shoulders & knees under hips. Inhale lift head & tail bone arching the spine towards the ground and bring your head back.Always starting from the pelvis.

B.Cat Stretch:-

As you exhale,flex in the opposite direction so that your back is arched upward in catpose and your head comes down so that your chin is close to your chest.

Alternate between cat and cow stretchs atleast 10 times concentrating on breathing.

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