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Now we take the easy pose and we add in a twist. Again, start by hugging the mid-line
with your legs, even all the muscles outside the hips and the pelvis. They'll be firm to
support the low back and the sacrum. As you hug in, then lift and lengthen the spine,
down through the tail bone and the pelvis. So it's really by rooting down into the earth,
that the spine gets its lift. From that lift, make your face soft, your eyes bright and
let's twist to the left. So, you take your right hand to your left knee. Start by twisting
from your torso. So, with your inhalation, lengthen your spine and twist from the belly
toward the left. You can have the left fingertips on the floor behind you, to help you get leverage.
Again, inhale and lengthen your spine and exhale, twist. Again, starting from the belly
and twisting. Let's take one more breath. Inhale, lengthen and exhale, twist. Then inhale,
come back to center. Let's do the second side, so the left hand to the right fingertips.
One thing I want you to notice is that I'm not so much twisting with my head or my shoulders
even, but the twist originates from the belly and that all starts from stability. You have
to hug in, to get into that core. As you hug in, find the core of the pelvis, scoop the
tail bone down and then lift the low belly up and begin to twist, using the low belly,
twist toward the right. Again, inhale and lengthen. As you exhale, twist a little bit
more. Again, inhale and lengthen and exhale, twist a little bit more. Inhale and come all
the way back to center.