Bhujangasana | Yoga per principianti | Yoga For Your Back & Tips | About Yoga in Italian

Bhujangasana or the Cobra Pose, is one of the main backward bending asanas used in yoga. In Bhujangasana, the head and trunk resembles a cobra with raised hood, hence the name (‘Bhujanga’ means Cobra in sanskrit).

Bhujangasana is easy to perform and is integrated into other yoga practices like the surya namaskara, where it appears as the 8th pose in the series of 12 poses.

Benefits:

-Bhujangasana may strengthen the spine, stretch the chest, shoulders, and abdomen, firm the buttocks, and relieve stress and fatigue.
-Traditional texts say that Bhujangasana increases body heat, destroys disease, and awakens kundalini.