Standing Spinal Twist

• Stand up straight with your feet together.
• As you breathe in, stretch your hands to the front, palms facing each other, parallel to the ground.
• Checkpoint: Are your palms at shoulder-width distance from each other?
• Exhale and gently twist from the waist to the right and look back over the right shoulder.Tip from Sri Sri Yoga experts: Keep your feet glued in their place – this gives you a better twist!
• Keep the distance between your palms constant. Do you
  feel the stretch in your lower back?
• Breathing in, come back to the center.
• Breathing out, turn to your left and repeat the yoga posture on your left side.
• Breathing in, come back to the center.
• Repeat this yoga pose a few times on both sides and then breathing out, bring your hands down.

Tip from Sri Sri Yoga experts: Keep your movements slow and graceful. Avoid moving your body with a jerk. You get better benefits when you coordinate your movements gracefully with the breath.

• Good for relieving constipation
• Strengthens and improves the flexibility of the spine and waist
• Good for arm and leg muscles
• Opens up the neck and shoulders and strengthens the abdominal muscles and lower back
• Beneficial for those with sedentary or deskbound jobs

• Avoid practicing Standing Spinal Twist (Katichakrasana) during pregnancy, or if you have hernia, slip disc, or have had an abdominal surgery recently.
• Consult your doctor before practicing this yoga posture if you have chronic spinal disorders.

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