In today's video you will get one body alignment yoga exercise. Get your posture correction yoga.
All you need is a block or a glass bottle or a book that you may want to use, and then stand
on both feet and grab the item that you have. You can squeeze that in-between your thighs, and then
look at the feet and make sure they're parallel, take a moment here. If you like my content then
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Begin to squeeze that block,
you want to squeeze the block or the bottle and imagine that it bulges out at the front, notice
that sensation as you stand, and let me give you something to meditate on as you do this.
Therefore, I urge you brothers in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices,
holy and pleasing to God - this is your spiritual act of worship.
Let this sink in and then notice the soles of the feet in contact with the ground or the mat,
notice all eight corners of your feet in contact with the ground,
move the top shins, that's what I show you right now forward, half an inch or a centimeter.
And if you have bow legs that means you want to turn them slightly inwards, if you have knock
knees, you want to turn them slightly outward, so really making sure that they are pointing forward,
that is really, really important and that is what I try to illustrate here.
Your knees are stacked over the heels, your hips are stacked over the knees,
and just notice this line, the foundation your body is resting on.
Then move the attention further up the line,
and take a moment to feel what is going on at the pelvis, you may notice that there's
a rotation to one side or the other as you keep this block here in-between
your thighs. So all we do at this point is to bend the knees, making sure that this block or the
glass bottle or the book point straight ahead, and then you want to extend those knees, and make sure
that this block stays in this position, absolutely straight! And you may notice that one side has
to work a bit harder or a particular area in the body needs to work harder, so in my case
my right hip adductors, my inner thigh muscles need to work harder to keep that block straight.
Notice that sensation and if we suffer from imbalances that can be
a minor imbalance but it can also be more visible, we need to work both sides of the body slightly
differently so that they can heal, so that the body can heal.
And from there move the attention further up the line,
your shoulders really resting on the pelvis, on the hips
and your head resting on the shoulders.
Posture work really requires a lot of work but it also requires us to unlearn,
unlearn the things that we do normally,
and free the body from these unhealthy habits. At this point, I invite you to notice the breath,
we try to breathe through the nose, in and out, and with your inhalation, I would like you to
take the breath all the way into the ribcage, lifting the ribcage out of the pelvis
and expanding the ribcage, expanding the breath into the front and into the back of the lungs.
Perhaps you notice that the shoulders, the arms realign and readjust again.
And with your inhalation, pull the shoulders up towards the ears, as you exhale bring them
together at the back, and then let them drop. All at the same time, inhalation pulling the
shoulder blades up towards the ears, the shoulders up towards the ears, and as you exhale,
move them together at the back and let them drop, all this at your own pace.
And you still invite the breath into the rib cage, expanding the rib cage out of the pelvis,
taking the breath into the front and into the backs of the lungs,
and doing that good and strong work at your legs. Check in with your legs from time to time.
Let your forehead soften and spread, keep breathing, keep a smile on the lips and
just drop the shoulders. Inhalation, pull them up towards the ears,
and as you exhale, let them drop.
Inhalation, pulling them up towards the ears and as you exhale, let them drop.
Fantastic job! Then remove the block or the bottle or the book and just stand.
Notice the alignment in the body, notice the breath, notice how you stand on both feet.
And if you want to change your posture,
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