Pose Name: Locust Posture
Indian Name: Shalabasana
Benefits:
• Increases flexibility and strength of the entire back
• Strengthens shoulders and arms
• Tones the nerves and muscles especially in the neck and shoulders
• Massages and tones abdominal organs, and improves digestion
Precautions:
• Someone with acute back pain or slip disc, they should avoid this pose
• Someone with severe sciatica can bring in more injury here as this pose tightens the entire body from the hip to the feet
• Someone with major problems with menstruation or with a prolapsed uterus should avoid
• Women in their pregnancy should avoid this pose
• If the art of breathing is not learned in this pose , then it could lead to suffocation for someone having Blood Pressure problems, thus should avoid this pose