Yoga For Beginners, 10 Minute Yoga Flow Workout, Full Body Flexibility How To Routine

new videos every day life wisdom hi i’m jen hillman i’m a yoga teacher in austin texas and today i’m going to guide us through a series of postures called the sun salutation this is a great way to start your yoga workout and if you favorite this video you can follow along over and over again the more you practice these postures it’s a great way to build up your cardiovascular start to develop strength and flexibility in your muscles help your body to tone and lose weight so go ahead and favorite this video bookmark it so you can come back and watch it again so to begin we’ll start at the top of the mat with the feet together and parallel taking a deep inhale you raise the arms up overhead lengthening through the body and exhale to fold completely forward let the weight of your body just completely relax over your legs you can bend your knees as much as you need to to let your upper body completely relax on your next inhale you’ll lengthen out through the spine creating a straight line of energy from the tailbone to the crown of the head on your exhale we’ll step back into a plank position just like you are about to do a push-up take a strong inhale here as you exhale we’ll lower the body all the way down to the floor from here inhale to roll the shoulders onto the back lifting the chest off of the mat next exhale tuck the toes underneath press up through the hands and lift the tailbone high coming into a downward facing dog and we’ll take a couple of cycles of breath here so you can really breathe into this posture feel the stretch and the length opening up through the shoulders as well as through the hamstrings and calves at the end of your next exhale walk or step the feet back to the top of the mat inhaling to reach the spine halfway up exhale to fold it down then we’ll inhale all the way back up to standing you can exhale your hands to your heart and we’ll begin to flow again inhaling the hands all the way up exhale to fold it down inhale halfway up exhale to your plank take a strong inhale here exhale to lower down inhale cobra exhale downward facing dog we’ll take a couple of cycles of breath here complete inhale and complete exhale at the end of your exhale we’ll bring the feet back to the top of the mat inhale halfway lift exhale fold inhale all the way up this time we’ll exhale to dive completely down to the floor inhale halfway up exhale stepping the feet back inhale here exhale lowering the body down inhale curl the spine up and exhale press it back breathing here at the end of your exhale you can bring the feet to the top of the mat and if you’re ready you can experiment with jumping feet forward inhale extending through the spine exhale fold completely inhale all the way up and exhale all the way down inhale coming halfway up exhale plant the hands step up the feet back inhale here exhale lowering the body in one piece inhale to peel the chest off of the mat exhale to press it back and breathe at the end of your exhale you can step or jump your feet forward inhale to lengthen the spine exhale to fold inhale all the way up we’ll go again exhale to fold inhale extend the spine exhale step the feet back and inhale in your strong plank exhale lower the body down inhale curl the spine up exhale press back to your downward facing dog and take your breath be sure that in in this downward facing dog position that you’re pressing the weight evenly through your feet and through your hands at the end of your exhale you can bring the feet forward inhale to lengthen the spine exhale to fold inhale all the way up and last time we’ll exhale fold it down inhale lifting through the spine exhale plant the hands step the feet back and inhale here keep the belly lifted and strong exhale to lower the body in one piece inhale rolling the shoulders on the back exhale press to your downward facing dog and take your breath here foreign at the end of your exhale bring the feet to the top of the mat inhale lengthen the spine exhale to fold inhale all the way up and this time exhale your hands to your heart from here just close your eyes let your shoulders roll down your back feel your head aligned over the tops of your shoulders take a moment to observe your raised heart rate feel your breath moving through your body observe these sensations as you ground and center so i hope you had fun with those postures that’s a great way to do a warm up for your body to move into a longer yoga workout it’s also a great way to work out in and of itself it can be a complete practice just by following along and doing those sequences so thank you so much for watching leave me a comment leave me some feedback let me know how it’s going for you you can subscribe to our psychetruth channel so you can have access to my full library of videos you can visit my website jen hillman therapeutictouch.com to learn more about me and my practice i hope you enjoyed following along come back and do it again soon you
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