Ustrasana/Camel Pose

Have you seen this YogaDork post?

In it, they discuss this Lululemon ad:

As per usual with YogaDork, there have been a maelstrom of comments pro- anti- and don't-give-a-* about the ad. Personally, I just like the pose.

From my favorite pose post earlier this week, The Dusk Zone said this was her favorite. This one took awhile for me to love. At first, I didn't really know what to do with my neck, so I just felt awkward. Should I let it drop back? Should I tuck my chin? Somewhere in between?

These days I just let the neck fall back, lift up my chest, and feel totally nuts. Heart openers... sigh.

Ustrasana

um hmm thats right uh huh
oh no
fix yourself girl
you got a
Camel Toe
um hmm thats right uh huh
oh no
fix yourself girl
you got a
Camel Toe

-Fanny Pack, "Camel Toe" 

1. Vajrasana (Diamond Pose)
2. Sasangasana (Rabbit Pose)
3. Threading one arm under the other to twist. Repeat other side.
4. Cat/cow
5. Extend opposite arm and leg to balance. Repeat other side.
6. Kneedown Tadasana (Mountain Pose)
7. Taking both hands to the waist, move the weight of your torso slightly backwards and then slightly forwards, knees to head aligned. You should feel this in your core.
   
8. One armed Ustrasana (Camel Pose) [one hand to foot, other to sky]
9. Repeat with other arm back
10. Flow between steps 8 and 9
11. Cat/cow
12. Adho Mukha Svanasana (Downward Facing Dog Pose)
13. Uttanasana (Forward Fold Pose)
14. Tadasana
15. Upavistha Hastasana (Standing Upward Arms)
16. Exhale, bending at torso, bring raised arms parallel to the floor
17. Hold for 3-5 breaths
18. Exhale to Uttanasana
19. Inhale, come back halfway arms now at "T" position. Hold for 3-5 breaths
20. Uttanasana
21. Adho Mukha Svanasana
22. Three-legged Dog, drawing circles in the air with the knee
23. Repeat other leg
24. Jump or step through to seated
25. Coming to face the wall, pressing your front thighs into the wall, Ustrasana
26. Garbasana (Child's Pose)
27. Cat/cow
28. Paschimottanasana (Seated Forward Fold)
29. Bringing your back to the wall (arm's length away), bring arms up and over head, eventually pressing palms of hands into the wall for Ustrasana variation
30. Garbasana
31. Upavista Konasana (Seated Wide Angle)
32. Supta Konasana (Reclined Angle)
33. Halasana (Plow Pose)
34. Sarvangasana (Shoulderstand Pose)
35. Setu Bandha Sarvangasana (Bridge Shoulderstand Pose)
36. Supta Matsyendrasana (Reclined Twist). Repeat other side. 
37. Savasana (Corpse Pose)