Namaste everybody, it's Doctor Jo. Today I'm gonna show you some of my favorite Yoga poses
and Molly and Bailey decided to join cause they heard there were going to be some upward
dogs and downward dogs. Alright, if you've ever been to Physical Therapy, you know that
we don't act like that! But Yoga is a great way to get stretched out and get you going
and it can stretch a lot of different muscles at the same time. So let me show you my favorite
poses. The first pose we're gonna do is the child's pose. And it's a great way to stretch
your upper and mid back. You're just gonna start off on your knees with your feet kind
of flat underneath you, and then you're gonna take your arms right in front of you and just
go down and stretch out as far as you can, pulling your fingers away from you kind of
climbing away from your body, and just relax it. Take some nice deep breaths and get a
good stretch in there. You can hold this stretch if you want to for about a minute or so, just
depending on your comfort level. You know this is to stretch and relax at the same time.
And then I'm gonna come up and go into a downward dog. With this one, you want to bring your
hands out in front of you. And you want to get up on your feet, and if you can, bring
your heels flat down and push your bottom back. That's really gonna stretch out those
hamstrings. Some people might not be able to get their heels down all the way, so you
might be up a little bit, but the goal is to get your heels down, and really push your
bottom back. Molly likes to do this one in the mornings, she's really funny when she
does it. This one is a stronger stretch, so you might want to only try 15-20 seconds at
the beginning. And then you can kind of come back down and then push yourself back up.
It gets those hamstrings nice and stretched. I can feel them burning good right now. And
then you can drop down into an upward dog. So you're gonna come out, Molly likes to flatten
her toes, so that's what I do. Drop your hips down. Bring your back up. It's really good
to stretch out your hip flexors, your core, the more you bring your chin up and look forward,
the more of a stretch your get. You can come up higher on your toes. Some people do this,
some people do this. Some people even drop their legs down a little bit. That's gonna
me a little bit easier if you can't come up like that. So the next pose is the chair pose.
This is pretty much a squat, so you're gonna make sure that your form is correct on this.
You want to really stick you bottom back behind you, so aren't straight in front of your toes.
So you're going back like you're sitting in a chair, and you're gonna bring your arms
up as a balancer. So you're really kind of holding this pose, not with your knees in
front of you, but with your bottom stuck out, your chest slightly forward and your arms
straight up. So this is really working your hamstrings and your core to keep you from
wobbling all around. Now if this is hard to do, you can spread your feet out just a little
bit and that will give you some more balance. But keep working your foot in so you're really
working those muscles in there. That last pose is gonna be the tree pose. This is probably
one that people see most often. It really challenges your balance, and it's gonna stretch
out your adductor muscles, so you'll want to do it on each side. Many times people are
only gonna be able to start off about right here. And it's gonna be hard enough for you.
But eventually, you want to bring, be able to bring your foot up as far up your thigh
as you can. If you get this mastered, then you want to add in your arms. Deep breath
in, deep breath out. If that's not challenging for you, then you can try closing your eyes
as well and continue to do some deep breathing. So there you have it, those are some simple
Yoga poses but it's a great way to get everything stretched out, get your hear beating, get
that blood flowing first thing in the morning, or after you get home from work. If you have
any questions, please leave them in the comments section. If you'd like to check out some more
videos, please go to AskDoctorJo.com. And remember, be safe, have fun, and I hope you
feel better soon.