The Low Lunge
- Focus: Chest
- Level: Beginner
- Total Time: 60 seconds
- Indications: sciatica
- Contraindications: heart problems
The Low Lunge
Note:
The Low Lunge can help open up your chest and offers relief for sciatica. Individuals with heart problems should avoid this pose.
Pose Instruction
- Start in downward-facing dog. Stand on your hands and knees with your shoulders directly above your hands and your hips above your knees. Press your hips straight up until both legs and arms are straight. Let your neck continue the straight line of your back from hips to head. Breathe deeply and slowly.
- Step your right foot forward to your right thumb.
- Lower your left knee to the ground. Stabilize your right knee with your hands and move your left knee further behind you until a stretch occurs in your thigh and groin. Lay the top of your left foot on the ground.
- Breathe in and lift your torso until it is tall and vertical. When you inhale, let your chest rise and expand. Continue to reach your upper body toward the sky.
- Raise your arms out to your sides, then above your head. Let your tailbone point down into the ground and tilt the bottom of your pelvis slightly forward.
- Slowly turn your head and gaze up at the sky without cramping the back of your neck. Extend your pinky fingers into the sky. Sustain this position for three or four breaths.
- To release yourself from this pose, breathe out and push back with your left leg until your torso is above your right thigh. Bring your left leg back to join the right leg, with both knees together on the ground. Lower your arms until they rest by your sides.
- Breathe out again as you bend forward at the hips and place your hands on the ground, putting you on your hands and knees.
- Raise your hips, returning to downward-facing dog. With both legs and arms straight. Breathe deeply and slowly in. As you exhale, lower your hips until your knees are on the ground and you stand on all fours.
- Remain in this position for a couple full breaths.
- Repeat the entire process, this time stepping your left foot forward.
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