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Asana tip sheet #26 – Salabhasana

June 23, 2015 By Rupali Embry 2 Comments

Rupali floating in salabhasana

Although we’re calling this pose salabhasana (sometimes written ‘shalabhasana’), in certain traditions it’s called belly-down navasana. I personally attribute this pose with helping me to heal a lifetime of back pain, which is, in fact, what brought me to yoga. In the beginning I could barely lift up off the ground, and couldn’t sustain the […]

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