Sphinx Position with Belly Breathing

This is one of the best things you can do for your spine and hips. Lie on a firm surface, starting on your belly prop yourself up on your forearms/elbows, take a few seconds to shake your hips and legs out making sure you're not holding any contraction or tension there, now get into a nasal breathing pattern feeling the breath in your belly against the resistance of the floor. Shoot for a 5 second in-breath and a 5-second out breath. Don’t try too hard; allow the breathing to happen naturally as you relax. Do this for 3 or more minutes. You’ll be tempted to want to stretch your hips and spine the other direction when done. Unless specified otherwise, just come back up onto your hands and knees to release your low back, instead of stretching further back into child’s pose.