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The Cobra pose is an excellent frontal core (abdominal muscles, hip flexors) position for increasing the overall flexibility of the muscles involved. The objective in performing this pose is to stretch only to the extent of your current range of motion. From there you want to hold the position from 15-30 seconds being mindful to breath as naturally as you can. This natural breathing will make it easier to relax which will also increase the depth of the stretch.This can be repeated for 2-3 times.
As the video indicates, there are two variations of this pose. One is a modified cobra for those with limited frontal core flexiblity and lower back problems. The other is for those needed a semi-advance position to really stretch the frontal core muscles.
Static stretching, be it passive or active, should only be performed once the body is warm and the joints are lubricated to prevent muscles tears and strains.
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