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Also known as: Upward dog to child pose.

Technique

  1. Start in an Upward dog position, pushing your shoulders down and lifting your chest up.
  2. Bend your knees and push on your hands to lift your hips up and back into Child pose.
  3. Keep rocking between the two positions.

Muscles

Flexibility

Primary

  • Abs
  • Obliques
  • Glutes
  • Hamstrings
  • Quadriceps
  • Chest
  • Back

Secondary

  • Pelvis
  • Hip adductors

Equipment

Appears in

Other disciplines
Joint movements
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Regressions

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Upward dog

Beginner
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Child pose

Beginner
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Moon salutation A

Novice
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Embryo in the Womb Pose holding the feet

Novice
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Downward dog squat

Novice
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Sun salutation A simplified

Novice
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Sun salutation A

Intermediate
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