In today's video we will do yoga to open the chest and the heart, such an important topic! And
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then remember to subscribe to the channel to get more tools for better well-being. Grab your block,
if you do not have a block you can also just press your palms onto the chest,
so really the weight of your palms pressing against the chest below the collar bones or
using the block in this way and pressing it against the chest below your collar bones.
At the same time now you expand your chest, you want to open the chest, you want to really expand
the lungs and you will feel some resistance, and perhaps you'll notice that some muscles at the
back begin to get engaged, they get active. So breathe and take the breath deep into the lungs,
lift the ribcage out of the pelvis as you breathe in, and notice the work, the good work here
at the chest. Let's stay here for a few moments, lengthen the back of the neck, tuck the chin under
and notice this long line from your tailbone all the way to the crown of the head and then remove
the block. If you can no longer sit this way, you can also stretch your legs out in front of you
or sit on a chair. It is more about what's going on at the chest. Inhalation, lift both arms up,
the palms facing each other, and exhalation take them back down. All at your own pace,
remember to move at your own pace. Your breath is so individual, there is no one
who has exactly your breath, so move at your own pace. With your next inhalation,
lift your buttocks off the heels, lift your arms up, and then lower the buttocks to the heels,
take your hands behind the body, open the chest. So we will flow to open the chest, we will flow
to be in the body, to be present in the body, and to heal the body, to be re-energized.
So inhalation, taking your hands behind the body, opening the chest, lifting your arms up,
and as you exhale slowly dropping the heels to the ground. So breathe regularly, exhalation
lifting the chest up, lifting the buttocks off the heels, and inhalation now lifting your arms up,
opening the chest, and dropping the fingers behind your body as you exhale.
Most importantly, just flow and breathe and perceive what's going on in the body.
This is it. Then come on all fours, press the palms onto the ground,
your wrists are stacked under the shoulders and your knees stacked under the hips.
Notice the alignment in the body, take some time to settle in, press the inner palms down and as
you inhale you lengthen the back, you extend the spine, and as you exhale you round the back, and
although the neck moves it is actually the pelvis that starts this motion. Exhalation,
rounding the back, curling the belly in, and as you inhale you extend the spine. Great job! Press
your inner palms down and move at your own pace, breathing through the body in and out.
You can wiggle the pelvis a bit. It's really just to begin and open up the body,
moving the rib cage, especially at the back of the lungs, it's fairly immobile. With your inhalation,
extend your left arm in front of you as you exhale slowly, lower the palm to the ground, and
round the back. The same on the right side, inhalation extend your right arm,
exhalation palm back to the ground and rounding the back, this is the work.
Inhalation, extending the spine and as you exhale slowly move the buttocks towards the heels
and inhalation, lift your arms overhead again. Palms facing each other, take your
hands behind the body, lift the buttocks off the ground. You can overstretch the neck or you can
keep the neck long, tucking the chin under. Inhalation, slowly lifting your arms up again.
Come onto the knees and then on all fours again, tuck the toes under and lift the knees off the
ground, and then slowly lower the knees to the ground again. Arching the back as you inhale,
slowly moving the buttocks towards the heels. Inhalation, taking your palms out,
opening the chest, and exhalation, taking your hands forward, rounding the back. Inhalation,
coming on all fours, extending the spine, and as you exhale, round the back, press the inner palms
into the ground. Inhalation, extend your left arm forward, exhalation, palm onto the ground,
rounding the back. Inhalation, extend your right arm, the left palm needs to press onto the ground
and then round the back with both palms on the ground. Inhalation, extending the spine,
slowly move the buttocks towards the heels, rounding the back. Inhalation, slowly opening both
palms to both sides of the body, arching the back, and then slowly round the back and the palms are
facing up. We'll do this again, open the chest, palms facing out, external shoulder rotation,
and exhalation slowly rounding the back. Inhalation, one more time turning the palms out,
external shoulder rotation, exhalation slowly take your hands behind the body, lift the buttocks
off the ground, extend the spine, and then with your next exhalation lifting your arms up again.
And then as you exhale come on all fours again, tuck the toes under, lift the knees off the ground
and then slowly as you exhale lower the knees to the ground, arch the back as you inhale and with
your exhalation slowly round the back again. Great job! Inhalation, extend the left arm,
exhalation rounding the back, pressing the palm onto the ground. Inhalation, extend the right arm,
exhalation rounding the back. This is the work. Inhalation arching the back again, pointing the
toes, slowly move the buttocks towards the heels, slowly lift your arms up to both sides of your
head, take your palms behind your body, lift the buttocks off the ground, open the chest,
open the heart and as you exhale, let go. Turn the palms up, out again, and then round the back and
let go. Inhalation, arching the back, turning the palms out, exhalation, rounding the back.
Inhalation, turning the palms out, lifting the buttocks off the heels, exhalation,
moving the buttocks back to the heels, taking your hands behind the body, lifting the buttocks off
the ground, opening the chest, lifting your arms up to both sides of the head again. Exhalation,
come on all fours, lift the knees off the ground, this is the work, and then slowly lower the knees
to the ground. Inhalation, extending the spine and then grab the block if you like, you can
move the buttocks towards the heels, you can just make sure that you are comfortable where you are
and then press the block here against your chest. If you do not have a block then you can also just
use your palms and press your palms against the chest below the collar bones. This is the work.
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