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Yoga Exercise - Plough Pose (Halasana)

A lot people complain about stiffness on the neck and lower back as a result of stress and wrong posture. In the Plough Pose, you stretch the neck and the lower back muscles. At the same time you achieve a new structure in your back.

As a result of the way you place the neck and the legs you get hardly any chance to compensate stiffness in the neck or lower back: something that easily happens in other positions. The Plough is also good for your digestion and it strengthens the kidneys, the liver and the gall bladder.

	STEP 1: Lie down with your back on a Yoga Mat.
	STEP 2: Your shoulders should lie on the edge and your head rests on the mat. Your legs are drawn in and still stand on the mat.
	STEP 3: Lift your hips off the floor and bring your legs up, over and beyond your head.
	STEP 4: At this point, lift your back and move your legs further beyond your head.
	STEP 5: Straighten your spine and keep your back straight. Move your hands toward your back.
	STEP 6: Place your arms against your upper back and try to place your hands as near as possible to the shoulder blades. Try to place your elbows at shoulder-width. If you cannot do this, put them at a somewhat wider distance from each other. By stretching your back and through relaxation in the muscles and through your position the legs slowly move further and further backwards. Try to relax the shoulders and the neck muscles through your breathing. If your breathing feels oppressed, the pressure in the heart area gets too big or your jaw is pinched off, you should walk backwards a little with your legs. Slowly bring your legs, one by one, back to the mat, stretch your arms lengthwise away from you and slowly roll off your back downwards, vertebra by vertebra.

It is advisable to lie on a yoga block with your neck and your back in order to relieve the neck muscles a little and to make the stretching of the back easier. There are three important movements in the Plough: 1) The upper back is stretched up to the top of the chest bone. This means that the upper back does not sink down and there is no bend in the back. 2) Through the upward movement from the upper back you get a movement in the direction of the chest bone 3) You stretch your pelvis upward from the sacrum, with the result that your chest bone gets more space. During this exercise you should try not to lose these three connections. In fact try to work them out further and further.

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2:	Triangle Pose
3:	Revolved Triangle Pose
4:	Crescent Moon Pose
5:	Warrior Pose I
6:	Warrior Pose II
7:	Warrior Pose III
8:	Wide-legged Forward Bend
9:	Chair Pose I
10:	Chair Pose II
11:	Standing Forward Bend
12:	Downward Facing Dog Pose
13:	Revolved Side Angle Pose
14:	Hands to Feet Pose
15:	Standing Side Stretch Pose
16:	Spread Leg Forward Fold
17:	Tree Pose
18:	Half Moon Pose
19	Sun Salutation Pose
20:	Spread Leg Forward Fold
21:	Hero Pose
22:	Lotus Pose
23:	Seated Forward Bend
24:	Child Pose
25:	Garland Pose
26:	Full Boat Pose
27:	Half Spinal Twist
28:	Sage Twist
29:	Leg Reclining Lunge
30:	Leg to Side Pose
31:	Leg Pulls
32:	Single Leg Raises
33:	Double Leg Raise
34:	Wind Relieving Pose
35:	Crane Pose
36:	Head Stand
37:	Shoulder Stand
38:	Plough Pose
39:	Hand Stand
40:	Bow Pose
41:	Wheel Pose
42:	Locust Pose
43:	Fish Pose
44:	Cobra Pose
45:	Dog Pose
46:	Bridge Pose
47:	Corpse Pose

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