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In this video, I'm going to show you how to do a yoga move called a Sun Salutation.
First what we're going to do is get into a standing position.
Stand with your feet together and raise your arms up and look to the ceiling.
Now see if you can touch your toes. Dive forward and touch your toes.
Now you're going to step one of your feet all the way to the back of the room as far
as you can go. I'm going to start with my left foot.
I'm going to step back and I'm going to position my hands right below my shoulders and I'm
going to feel the stretch. Lower the hips.
If this hurts, bring your knee to the mat. Now I'm going to get ready to bring my other
foot to the back of the room. In this case, it's going to be my right foot.
I'm going to step my other foot back into a plank position.
Now what we're going to do is a Cobra move. We're going to lower our body to the floor
with our elbows right by the side of our body. Lower your body keeping your back straight.
If this is too hard for you, you can put your knees to the floor.
Lower yourself down and now what you're going to do is push yourself up and look to the
ceiling. Now we're going to get ready for our Downward
Dog. We're going to raise our hips up the ceiling
and we're going to look behind us; we'll be upside down.
Are you ready? Lift up and raise your hips up to the sky
and press back with your heels to the floor. Feel that stretch.
Remember to breath deeply. Wiggle around, wiggle your hips.
Shift your weight from your right to your left.
Lower your shoulders. If you want, you can get on your tiptoes and
see what that feels like. Now we're going to get ready to bring our
foot forward. Whatever foot you stepped back with in the
beginning, you're going to bring that same foot and step it forward.
In this case, I started with my left foot, so I'm going to step my left foot forward
right between my hands. I'm still supporting myself with my hands
right below my shoulders. I'm going to feel this stretch.
Now we're going to get ready to bring both of our feet together at the top of the mat.
I'm going to step my other foot forward and I'm going to feel this stretch again.
Loosen everything, loosen the neck, loosen your arms, keep your legs straight, and breath
deeply. Now we're going to get ready to come to our
standing position. We're going to do this very very slowly, one
vertebrae at a time. Our neck will be our last muscle to move.
Now start raising yourself up, breathing deeply, keeping your neck really relaxed.
Come up, uncurling your spine, until you're all the way up.
When you're ready to bring your neck up, lift your hands up to the sky, look up, bring your
hands together, and lower your hands in front of your chest.