beginner yoga sequence



this next pose can be a very powerful hipopener and a twist. it's the final pose in our series so we'll really go for it. so,start by bringing your right knee to the floor in front of you and then take your left footoutside the right leg. now, if when you do this, there is like no way or you find thatyou're way lifted up on the hip and you just can't get your left hip down to the earth,then it's fine to straighten the right leg.

beginner yoga sequence, you should find that then you can get thepelvis more level and square. so, either right leg straight or right knee bent. pelvis rootsdown and in order to even get that first you have to hug the mid-line. so, you hug in withyour legs and then scoop the tail bone and root the pelvis down evenly. good. now weare going to twist toward the left. so, you

hold the left knee with your right hand, takeyour right finger tips behind you on the floor, and with your inhalation lengthen your spine,with your exhalation twist. again, inhale and lengthen and exhale twist. we'll do thata few more times. inhale and lengthen. exhale and twist. if you like you can take the kneeoutside or the elbow outside the knee inhale and lengthen your spine and then exhale twist.then to come out come all the way back to center and release. you can repeat on thesecond side.