admin Heart openers and backbends have the amazing ability to open us up not just physically but also mentally and emotionally. Camel pose, or Ustrasana, is one of the most popular backbends in yoga asana because of its amazing benefits and the ease with which you can modify the pose to suit all bodies and practice levels.
We’ve created this handy and quick guide to Camel Pose that contains all the tips, modifications, and variations you can use to maximize the benefits and get comfortable with Camel Pose.
How to Do the Camel Pose
Camel pose opens up your chest and stretches your shoulder blades and abdominal wall. This pose increases circulation in the front part of your body. This pose also strengthens your legs, glutes, and back.
Camel Pose: Its Holistic Benefits
Ustrasana is a pose that requires endurance and inner awareness, just like a camel traveling through the Sahara. This pose is not a final destination but a journey. When you arrive at your unique location after crossing the Sahara, this journey will be worth it mentally, physically, and emotionally.
Common Misalignments In Camel Pose and How To Correct Them
Ustrasana, although initially a challenging pose, is a vulnerable position that benefits the mind, body, and soul. As you hold the pose, your attention shifts from the physical discomfort into the emotional pain and finally to the mental clarity and emotional cleansing that comes with perseverance.
Camel Pose: 5 Tips on Alignment
When you first start in Camel pose, relax your back gently and recline only slightly. As you progress, it will become easier to extend the pose fully. Are you ready to start? Here are five tips for alignment.
Camel Pose: Painless Ways to Practice (with Video)
This video explains why lifting the chest to start the pose is a bad idea. Instead, I suggest starting by leaning into your legs or waving upwards (WHAT). You will feel different when you try these, both because they are less painful and also in terms of the depth that you can reach.
How to Create a Sequence Based on Camel Pose
Camel Pose is a backbend with a front opening. We need to activate our core to support the backbend and encourage a greater range of motion in our abdomen. For the same reason, you will want to do some frontal hip stretching.
Five Camel Pose variations you will love
Camel pose can be a great way to lighten your practice and open your heart. Have you ever tried to spice up this amazing pose with some adjustments? Check out these cool Camel poses!
