yoga sol

let's start learning "sun salutation". located at the front of the mat (or blanket). feet hip width, more or less. some people prefer to put them together, i'm uncomfortable with feet together. i prefer to separate a bit.

yoga sol, the first position is very simple. hands to your chest, press a little... chin slightly toward your chest. open, up and back, arching slightly up.

this is not... there are people who do this, but this can be harmful for the lower back and neck. it's just from here, upwards. and stretch upwards... from here, downwards. a common mistake is to do this... notice how the back bends. the right thing is to fold back like a hinge. and then ... if you get to your feet, perfect, if you get to ankles, perfect, if you get there, perfect too... if you get there, nothing happens... we have said before you do not need great flexibility, the problem is that if you see other people arriving with his nose to the knee,

or with the palms to the floor, you get discouraged. you see i'm not too flexible, it is not necessary... we go from there, to there... chin to your chest, we try the legs are stretched. we support the hands on the floor, we took the left leg backward and head upward. both legs backwards and keep body straight (plank). some strength in wrists, arms, shoulders... support knees, slightly back and down, slid... and upwards...

be careful not bend to much back, to avoid damaging the back. support both feet on the floor and stretch well. left leg forward (the same as we have been backwards before now onwards). head upwards, feel the stretch. now downward two legs, two arms, stretched... up. and hands to the chest. this would be a sequence of sun salutation. there are 12 movements. do fluidly with breathing, but to learn it well, first we will mark every step, every position.