Increase energy throughout the day and connect to the breath.

with 5 shapes that stretches the spine in all different directions.

Start In: Standing Mountain Pose

Inhale Stretch Your Arms Up Towards The Sky

How To Get Into The Pose

• Interlace your fingers, Press your palms up towards the sky

• Take a breath in as your extend your hands up and root down through the soles of your feet.

Benefits of standing with arms up over your head: Relieves anxiety, straighten and tones the legs. Also imposes posture, opens the chest and tones the abdominal muscles.

Exhale: Shift your upper torso to the right

How To Get Into The Pose

• Press down into your feet

• keep your hips centered

  Benefits of this shape: Opens the hips, beneficial for the lower, upper spine, chest and psoas muscle.

Exhale : Other Side

How To Get Into The Pose

• Bend to the left as you exhale

• keep your hips centered similar to the other side

• Feel your low belly pull up and in

From standing Move Into A Forward Fold Uttansana

How To Get Into The Pose

• gently bend your knees

• allow your chest to soften over your chins

• relax the back side of your body

Benefits of Uttanasana include: stimulates the liver and kidneys while enhancing digestion. Calms the mind reducing stress and blood pressure.

Ardha Uttanasana : Intense Half Stretch Pose

How To Get Into The Pose

• Allow your hands to shift up along the shins or out in front of you

• lift up and extend the chest forward extending back

• Imagine your heart extending forward energetically notice the sensation throughout the backside of the body

Benefits of Ardha Uttanasana: simulates abdominal organs promoting good digestion and spinal alignment.