Yoga poses: Crocodile pose

Practice:

* Lie on your face, with your legs straight, your feet separated by about the width of your hips, touch the ground on your toes, press your palms flat on the floor on both sides of your chest, and put your elbows facing towards the sky while pressing against the sides of your body. Spread your fingers as wide as possible, and your fingertips facing forward.

* Exhale, tighten your abdomen, hold your body at least about 6 centimeters above the ground, and use your hands and toes to support your body into a crocodile shape.

* Keep your whole body in a straight line, your head parallel to your heels and the floor, or look up and look straight ahead, maintaining this position for 5-8 breaths. Inhale, slowly relax your body back to the ground, and rest with your cheeks on the ground.

Benefits:

Strengthen the shoulders, abdomen, wrists, arms and legs, beautify the abdominal lines, and prevent arthritis; promote peripheral circulation; prevent and improve cold or paralysis of hands and feet; and improve concentration.

Important matters:

People with severe back pain or arthritis in their wrist and shoulder joints should not practice this exercise. (Internship Editor: Long Weiquan)