Cat Stretch

Marjariasana

• Come onto your hands and knees. Keep the hands shoulder - width apart and knees hip - width apart. Hands directly under the shoulders.
• Breathing in, take your chin down, forwards and up. Look up. Raise your chin and tail bone towards the sky while pressing your navel towards the ground.
• Breathing out, bring your chin to the chest. Arch your back and press your chin to the chest as you straighten our arms.
• Repeat steps 2 and 3, co-ordinating with the breath for about 5 to 10 rounds.

Benefits:

• Gives flexibility to the spine.
• Strengthens wrist joints and shoulders.
• Massages the digestive organs.
• Tones the abdomen.
• Improves digestion.

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