Which pose is associated with the instruction 'Inhale - Upward Facing Dog (Urdhva Mukha Svanasana)'?

Which pose is associated with the instruction 'Inhale - Upward Facing Dog (Urdhva Mukha Svanasana)'?

• A. High Plank
• B. Downward Dog
• C. Upward Facing Dog
• D. Low Lunge

Answer: (C)

Inhale - Upward Facing Dog signals entering the pose where the chest lifts and the body rises off the floor. This backbend is performed by extending the arms, pressing into the hands, and lifting the chest and thighs while the tops of the feet stay on the ground. The breath cue to inhale matches the action of expanding the chest and lengthening the spine as you rise into Urdhva Mukha Svanasana. From this cue, you’re not in High Plank, where the body remains in a straight line with the chest at floor level; nor in Downward Dog, which is a different inverted stretch with hips raised and the spine elongated in a backward bend reversed from the Cobra/Upward sequence; nor in Low Lunge, which is a hip-opening, leg-focused position. Upward Facing Dog is the specific pose associated with that inhale cue.

Inhale - Upward Facing Dog signals entering the pose where the chest lifts and the body rises off the floor. This backbend is performed by extending the arms, pressing into the hands, and lifting the chest and thighs while the tops of the feet stay on the ground. The breath cue to inhale matches the action of expanding the chest and lengthening the spine as you rise into Urdhva Mukha Svanasana.

From this cue, you’re not in High Plank, where the body remains in a straight line with the chest at floor level; nor in Downward Dog, which is a different inverted stretch with hips raised and the spine elongated in a backward bend reversed from the Cobra/Upward sequence; nor in Low Lunge, which is a hip-opening, leg-focused position. Upward Facing Dog is the specific pose associated with that inhale cue.