Upward Facing Dog Pose (Urdhva Mukha Svanasana): Lie in a prone position on a yoga mat.
In our beginner yoga pose series, Michael Taylor from Strala Yoga in New York City demonstrates and gives us the scoop on
Upward Facing Dog Pose.
In our beginner yoga pose series, Michael Taylor from Strala Yoga demonstrates
Upward Facing Dog Pose.
Not exact matches
Keeping your hands in place beneath your shoulders, press your hands into the floor and inhale as you straighten your arms, allowing your back to curve into a gentle backbend as you lift your chest (
Upward -
Facing Dog pose).
One school of thought is that the pushup as we know it is a joining together of two popular yoga
poses - downward -
facing dog (Adho Mukha Svanasana) and
upward -
facing dog (Urdhva Mukha Svanasana).
First take Urdhva Mukha Svanasana (
Upward -
Facing Dog Pose) for a few breaths before Adho Mukha Svanasana (Downward -
Facing Dog Pose).
Once you learn how to access these muscles, you will feel more stable and fluid in many asanas and in transitions, such as lifting from Urdhva Mukha Svanasana (
Upward -
Facing Dog Pose) to Adho Mukha Svanasana (Downward -
Facing Dog Pose).
Rather than practicing
Upward -
Facing Dog, use Cobra
pose.
Ask your teacher to check your alignment in Chaturanga Dandasana and
Upward -
Facing Dog Pose to reduce your chance of injury.
Upward -
Facing Dog Pose is most commonly done following Chaturanga Dandasana, without coming down to the floor.
Step back to four - limped staff
pose, then switch to
upward -
facing dog or cobra
pose.
Move into
upward -
facing dog or cobra
pose, then into downward
dog.
It is primarily practiced as a transition
pose in Sun Salutations, often between Downward
Facing Dog and
Upward Facing Dog or Cobra.
Not an easy
pose,
Upward -
Facing Dog can sometimes bother your low back.
It's worth taking a closer look at
Upward Facing Dog, as it is one of the most common yoga
poses (along with Downward -
Facing Dog and Chaturanga Dandasana) in a Vinyasa yoga practice, repeatedly performed as you flow from side to side.
But the fact is, if someone with carpal tunnel syndrome shows up at a hatha yoga class that includes
poses that are weight - bearing on the hands and wrists (think Plank,
Upward -
Facing Dog, and Handstand), they could easily wind up worse than when they started.
Upward -
Facing Dog Pose — Urdhva Mukha Svanasana: Lie on the floor with
face towards the ground.
Transition from Chaturanga Dandasana (Four - Limbed Staff
Pose) to Urdhva Mukha Svansana (
Upward -
Facing Dog).
To warm up and prepare, set up in a space without carpeting and start with Adho Mukha Svanasana (Downward -
Facing Dog Pose), Adho Mukha Vrksasana (Handstand), Virabhadrasana I (Warrior
Pose I), Urdhva Mukha Svanasana (
Upward -
Facing Dog Pose), and Ustrasana (Camel
Pose).
It begins with standing mountain
pose at the top of your mat and moving through
upward salute, forward bend, half - standing forward bend, plank
pose, chaturanga,
upward -
facing dog, and downward -
facing dog.