Locust posture (shalabhasana)
This is an exceptional posture in that it requires a sudden movement. It is like the cobra posture but raising the feet instead of the head. It can therefore be used, occasionally only, instead of the cobra.
Full Locust Posture
How to do :
Lie face down on the floor on your stomach, hands stretched backwards close to the body and the legs straight. Making fists of the hands bring them together beneath the thighs with the wrists touching.
Locust Posture
Salabha Asana is a reverse posture to the Bhujanga Asana (Cobra Posture), which gives a backward bend to the spine. It is recomended to practice the Salabha Asana after releasing the Bhujanga Asana.
For lower back muscles: ardha shalabhasana, shalabhasana (locust posture), ushtrasana (camel posture), makarasana (crocodile posture).
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Shalabhasana - (Sanskrit) The locust posture in yoga
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