Poorna-Salabhasana

This posture is a breath of fresh air, literally. For twenty seconds, you get to open your lungs and breathe like you never have before. This is backbending and weightlifting for your spine, and full locust does what no machine can do. Here are some tips for getting the most from your posture.
Think of length and not height. How much can you stretch your arms out, and your legs back, and your chest forward. Once your body creates space, then your muscles can contract more easily to get you higher.
Keep your feet together and your legs straight. If the legs are bending or separating, then the spine is not. You want to be bending the spine!
Identify what you are looking at, then look back further! Focus one point as high as you can, then keep looking back more. You seasoned Yogis have heard it before, “where the eyes go, the body will follow.”
Breathe…because it feels good, and because you can!
Smile…because you’re doing yoga and LIFE IS GOOD!