Yoga Instruction
Focus: Legs
Level: Beginner
Total Time: 60 seconds
Indications: flat feet; Energize heart, diaphragm, intestines
Contraindications: recent injury to shoulders, back, hip, knees
The Chair
Note:
The chair pose strengthens your calves, ankles, thighs, and spine while stretching your chest and shoulders. It is great for treating flat feet and can energize your heart, abdominal organs, and diaphragm. I suggest you stand near a wall, in case you need balance support..
Pose Instruction
- Begin by standing in mountain pose. Stand tall and straight with your feet separated enough to feel stable. Establish a solid connection with the ground by shifting your weight distribution so that it is equally divided between the base of your big toes, the base of your little toes, and both left and right sides of your heels.
- Breathe in and extend your arms to your sides. When your arms are straight out, turn your palms up and continue to raise your arms until they are straight up.
- Breathe out and bend your knees until your thighs are as close as possible to the horizontal. This will occur when your chest creates a right angle to your thighs while pressing your heels firmly into the ground.
- Keep your shoulder blades slightly rigid and elongate your lower back by moving your tailbone down and in. Hold this position for 30 to 60 seconds. Breathe in, raise your arms and straighten your knees.
- Breathe out and return to the mountain pose. Stand tall and straight with your feet separated enough to feel stable. Establish a solid connection with the ground by shifting your weight distribution so that it is equally divided between the base of your big toes, the base of your little toes, and both left and right sides of your heels.
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