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Upward Plank Pose

Purvottanasana

Upward Plank Pose
Instructions

Sit on the floor with your legs extended in front of you and your hands resting behind your hips, fingers facing your feet. Press your hands and feet into the floor, lift your hips upward, and open your chest, aligning your body in a straight line. Keep your gaze upward or toward the sky.

Benefits

Strengthens arms, wrists, legs, and glutes, opens the chest and shoulders, stretches the front of the body, activates the abdomen, and improves posture.

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