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← Back to Asana GalleryBeginner Pose • Inversions

Adho Mukha Svanasana

Downward-Facing Dog

Adho Mukha Svanasana

Anatomical & Alignment Focus

Focus: Posterior Chain Extension & Spinal Traction

Benefits: Relieves fatigue, stretches hamstrings and calves, tones lower back.

Traditional Alignment Cues

  • 1From plank, press hips up and back to form a V-shape.
  • 2Press shoulders away from wrists, wrapping triceps outward.
  • 3Lengthen tailbone, reaching sit bones to sky, heels toward ground.