Upward-Facing Dog
Urdhva Mukha Svanasana
Backbends
Intermediate
Upward-Facing Dog (Urdhva Mukha Svanasana) is an intermediate backbend. Strengthens arms/back, opens chest.
How to cue it
- Press through hands and tops of feet
- Thighs lift off floor
- Roll shoulders back and down
At a glance
- Drishti
- Up / forwardWhere the eyes rest.
- Family
- Backbend
- Level
- Intermediate
- Chakra
- Heart (Anahata)
Take care
Low back, wrists.
Counter poses
What to offer after Upward-Facing Dog to let the body settle.
Good to know
Sun Salutation component.
Build your class with Upward-Facing Dog in Cue
Drop Upward-Facing Dog into a sequence, keep these cues beside it, set the timing, then teach the whole class off one screen you can read from across the room. Free to start.
Also from Cue
Printable pose cards
68 cards. 60 poses, 6 breath practices, 2 sun salutations.
- Front is the pose. Back is three cues, drishti, benefits and counter poses.
- Made to test yourself on, for teacher training or your own study.
- Lay them out to build a class, then keep it in Cue.
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