If downward dog isn’t the most popular yoga pose in the yoga world then I don’t know what is.
The very first time I did downward facing dog it felt like a very awkward position to be in. My head was dangling between my arms and my butt was stuck up in the air towards the person behind me.
It felt all kind of silly.
The second time I did downward dog I fell in love with it!
Being someone who was born with scoliosis in my upper back, I struggled in life with upright posture and a droopy right shoulder. Coming into downward dog was the spinal stretch that my body has been longing for at age 24.
Nowadays, downward facing dog can also be thought of as a resting pose in between other poses.
However, The downward dog pose in itself has many benefits such. Here are some of them.
- Downward dog boosts your mood and calms your mind.
- It stimulates mental focus when done collaboration with the breath.
- Wakes you up when you’re feeling sluggish.
- Relieves pain in the chest and back body because it stretches the side body, back, hamstrings, calves, plantar fascia, and spine.
- Strengthens your arms and your quads as well as the front part of your feet and muscles of the shins.
- Makes room in your body to help you digest food easier.
In this video we will explore downward facing dog known in Sanskrit as Adho Mukha Svanasana.
I will take you slowly through the alignment and some more benefits that will inspire you to try out downward facing dog every single day.
Namaste beautiful friends!
I recently started yoga and this is so helpful for me to master this pose. I also love reading about all of the benefits. Thanks for sharing.
I love yoga for all the benefits it gives both physically and mentally. Downward dog is such a great pose.
Great post. I never knew that this pose had so many benefits.
Very interesting! I didn’t realize all the of the benefits of this yoga pose.
I practice yoga regularly and the downward facing dog is an essential in nearly every sequence! Nice blog!
I perform downward dog every morning,its so energizing and great for stretching muscles. Thanks for this elaborate tutorial!
I love this! Downward dog might seem easy but getting into and maintaining the correct pose is actually harder than it looks!
I do yoga almost every day for over 4 years now and downward facing dog is still hard on me due to my back issues. you post is very useful I’ll try your tips and tricks again, may be it will help
I teach yoga and Downward Facing Dog is one of my favorite poses! It’s such a great transition pose, too.
I am familiar with downward dog, but had no idea about all of the benefits. I am so not surprised, though. There is a lot of value to yoga. This is pretty awesome.
I just recently started yoga and used to dislike this pose. But as I practiced more I learned to like it! Thanks for posting the benefits! 😀
I always feel great when I start my day with yoga. I definitely love downward dog for the stretch!
I have used this pose a few times in yoga. I didn’t know about all the great health benefits of doing that specific post though. That’s so great.
You make it look so easy, I might need to try that pose soon, I do need to stretch my back and get back into routine of exercise
You know, I’ve been trying to learn & improve this for so long, just a huge thank you for ending my suffering XD 🌸🌸❤️
The benefits of this pose are amazing. I will be trying it out for myself.
I like yoga but unfortunately, I can’t do a downward dog because of my spinal stenosis. It puts too much strain on my neck.
Downward Facing Dog is awesome. It is one of my favorite yoga poses
I must try doing this pose because of the benefits of giving this through my body. Thank for sharing this with us.
Downward dog really is an essential pose for any yoga path, thanks for providing such awesome instruction for those embarking on the yoga experience.
Loved your video. Very easy to follow instructions and learn why we need to do this and not that.
This is one of the few yoga moves that I am familiar with. A good one to start with and be able to limber up.
This is gonna come in handy for at home workouts during quarantine!
I did yoga before and it was so liberating. In our class, there are a few oldies who would sleep after the session and even during the medication. This style of yoga is something I will learn next
I recently started yoga. I do not much know about all the poses. Great pose! I’ll try it slowly
I love doing yoga and try to do it every day. My favorite pose is the child pose because it is relaxing and I think it is fun to do. But, downward dog isn’t bad either.
I have stopped doing yoga ever since my accident. /it was good reading about it though. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for your informative posts for those of us who are new to yoga.
Love downward dog – although I always find it a bit tricky to come back to when I haven’t done yoga in a while….
great
I’m loving the healthy benefits of downward dog. I never knew about half of them! So cool!!
Wow that was unusual. I just wrote an incredibly long comment but after I clicked submit my comment didn’t show up.
Grrrr… well I’m not writing all that over again. Anyways,
just wanted to say wonderful blog!