 I love lateral flexions. They feel great in the morning after I get out of bed to welcome the new day. This yoga pose is easy to do! It's a great side-body (obliques) stretch. It is also a wonderful pose that you can strengthen your legs (quads), side-body (obliques), abdominals, and shoulders. To start, stand with your feet on your mat directly under your hips. On an in-hale, lift one arm over your head. On the ex-hale, relax the shoulder down and back. Engage the feet into the earth, allow your tail bone to be tucked to protect your lower back and feel the lift in your upper body. The opposite hand can reach down the leg or to modify, simply place it on your waist. If you'd like you can gently lean to the side - please be sure to keep your tail bone tucked and don't allow your chest to drop forward (pretend your shoulders are glued to an imaginary wall). This pose can be held by breathing into the side-body, ribcage, chest, and waist. It is also a great warm up by inhaling each time one arm lifts and then exhaling the same arm down and then switching sides. Avoid cart-wheeling the arms. |
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