Bikram Yoga Countdown; Day 9

Dhanurasana

Floor Bow

Floor Bow

Bikram likes to say:  “If you can do a good bow, you don’t have to chase after the gods, they’ll chase after you!” Translation please? A healthy spine equals a healthy body, which equals a healthy life.

Bow incorporates all of the previous three postures, working the entire spine, upper, middle, lower. Not only is this amazing for the back of the body, it also opens the shoulders and the heart area. In fact, this is such a great posture that we’ve started using it a lot in our Vinyasa Yoga classes in order to prepare for full wheel.

Grabbing the outsides of your feet, kick so much that your body rises up, bow-like, off the earth. Pinch the shoulder-blades together, opening the chest. Knees squeeze in towards each other, forming long parallel lines from shoulders through to toes. Then just breathe – little sips of air. Embrace the intensity roaring through your body. And …. Change! Aaaaaah.