Wide Legged Forward Bend Hatha Sequence
Flexibility
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29m
The poses in this class will stretch your legs and your spine. Starting in Tabletop Pose (Bharmanasana), you'll mobilise the spine before moving into Downward Facing Dog (Adho Mukha Swanasana). A variation of Thread the Needle Pose with one leg extended straight (Urdhva Mukha Pasasana variation) comes next to warm up the shoulders, inner legs and ribcage and, again, stretch the spine. Moving to standing you'll take more shoulder warm-ups before coming into Wide Legged Standing Forward Bend. The different variations will stretch into the hips, rotate the spine and also around the shoulderblades. Another Downward Facing Dog (Adho Mukha Swanasana) takes you to Child's Pose (Balasana) and from there you can come and rest in Savasana or Constructive Rest Pose.
Props needed: Blocks and a blanket.
Mat direction: Long edge of the mat facing the screen.
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