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Camel Pose Cues
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- Begin kneeling with the thighs perpendicular to the floor, and the knees and feet hips distance apart
- Extend the big toes straight back, pressing down with all 10 toenails and firming the outer ankles into the midline
- Spin the inner thighs back and gently release the flesh of the buttocks towards the backs of the knees
- The pelvis is neutral, neither spilling forward nor spilling back, and stacks directly over the knees
- Root down from the tops of the feet to the knees; rebound up with the chest
- Bring the palms together in front of the sternum and drop the chin towards the sternum
- Take an inhale to emphasize the lift of the chest, then create Savasana arms (palms facing forward) and with the next exhale
- Keeping the chin dropping and the pelvis over the knees, take the hands to the heels
- Immediately press the shoulder blades forward and up and coil the thoracic spine to lift the chest any amount more
- Having created more space/extension in the upper back, head can now drop back and hang free
- Continue pressing down with the feet and lower legs in order to lift up with the thoracic spine and chest
- Hold for 5-10 breaths, then, leading with the sternum, use an inhale to come up (head is the last part of the body to exit