Generally slower actually is best! Take an opportunity to decelerate with these 7 poses. A couple of are dynamic motion the place you’ll swap from one pose to the opposite. A couple of are deep stretches you’ll be able to maintain for 5-10 breaths a bit.
1. Ahead Fold to Wild Factor β Begin in a seat, extending the proper leg and retaining left foot inside thigh. Stroll the palms out, folding in the direction of the prolonged leg. Inhale lifting up bringing the left hand again, proper arm up and over. Push into legs and carry the hips. Exhale to decrease and fold. Do 5 instances by way of, transferring slowly.
Repeat on the opposite facet.
2. Low Lunge to Half Break up β From down canine, step the proper foot between the palms. Hold the fingers down and decrease left knee down. Inhale to sink hips in low lunge. Exhale, push into the heel to shift hips again and straighten the proper leg and fold down in half splits. Do 5 rounds. Repeat on the opposite leg.
3. Sphinx Quad Stretch β Slide ahead onto stomach, with the legs prolonged again and forearms down. Carry the guts up. Convey the left hand over to the highest nook. Bend your proper knee and attain again to tug it in. Push into the pubic bone, not pinching low again.
4. Warrior Bind β From down, step the proper foot by way of between the palms. Convey the again foot parallel to shorter fringe of the mat. Carry up. Convey proper forearm to proper thigh, or hand to floor. Attain the left arm up and over. Spin proper shoulder again. Push into the again heel. Keep right here in lengthy line or take the bind. Bringing left hand to low again, attain proper arm beneath and possibly clasp palms.
5. Lizard Pose with Quad Stretch β Decrease the palms to the ground, inside the proper foot. Roll to the outer fringe of the proper foot, opening the knee to the facet. Perhaps decreasing to the forearms. Take 5 deep breaths right here.
Repeat 4 and 5 on the opposite facet.
6. Vast Legged Ahead Fold β Flip to the lengthy fringe of the mat. Take the legs huge, turning the toes in and heels out. Carry and size, hinge ahead from the pelvis. Let the palms come down, or maintain large toes with two peace fingers. Bend the elbows away from each other. Decompressing the backbone.
7. Pigeon Pose Mermaid Variation β Stroll each palms to the proper, turning to face the brief fringe of the mat. Convey the proper knee behind the proper wrist, stretching left leg again. In case you like so as to add the quad stretch, bend the proper knee and clasp the foot with the left elbow and clasp palms over head.
These poses come for a 40 minute Intermediate Sluggish Circulation class on my YouTube channel.
Namaste,
Kassandra
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