Yoga Sun Salutation Routine - Yoga sun salutation - Downward dog pose
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Okay, the next position we're going into is downward facing dog. So starting from mountain,
deep breath, inhale up reaching up and back, exhale, flat back, into your standing forward
fold, and then stepping one foot at a time, we're hopping both back into your plank. From
this position you're going to press the heels down to the floor, lifting into your downward
facing dog. So with this position your fingers are spread nice and wide, you're pressing
your heels into the floor, weight evenly distributed between your hands and your feet. You can
think about this position like a triangle, trying to get the top of the triangle as narrow
as possible, reaching your belly, your abs, toward your legs or your quads. Taking deep
breaths on the inhale, and exhale, pressing the heels into the floor. If you feel like
your calves or your Achilles tendon's really tight, you can bend one knee at a time, pressing
the opposite heel into the floor as you work on this stretch. From this position, going
into our next position which is up dog, we're going to do a chaturanga, and what that's
going to be is soften the knees and the elbows, and you're going to be scooping head first
and then the hips are going to follow into your next position, which is the up dog.
