Page 41 - Fertility poses

Shoulder Stand (Salamba Sarvangasana) - 1 min

Lie down on the mat with your shoulders and head pressing down.

Lay your arms on the floor alongside your torso. Then bend your

knees and lift the hips up. Exhale and push your feet away from the

floor, drawing your thighs into the front torso. Continue to lift by

curling the pelvis and then the back torso away from the floor so that

the knees come towards your face. Bend your elbows and draw them

towards each other. Spread your arms against the back of the torso.

Raise your pelvis over the shoulders. Inhale and lift your bent knees

towards the ceiling. Press your tailbone towards your pubis and turn

your upper thigh inward slightly. Finally, inhale and straighten the

knees, pressing the heels towards the ceiling. When the back of your

legs are fully lengthened, lift through the balls of the big toes. Soften

the throat and tongue. First move the shoulder blades against the

back and move the sternum towards the chin. Press the back of your

upper arms and the tops of your shoulders into the mat and lift the

upper spine away from the floor. Gaze softly at your chest.