Downward dog stretches out the back of the legs and your lower back and creates space between your vertebrae and between the shoulders. It can be very calming and is a great position to come back to for a focus on your inhale and exhale, which you should try to make as smooth and steady as you can. It offers us a delicious stretch – usually during a sequence of standing poses, which will be working your legs – and it can be a very calming, yet energising pose once you have practiced for a while and built some strength.
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