"Be the change you wish to see"
INVERSIONS
Downward Dog:
Start on all fours, with your hands directly under shoulders and fingers spread wide. Take an inhale and on the exhale, lift your hips by straightening your legs. Keep your arms straight and in line with your shoulders. Let the crown of your head point toward the ground. This pose engages and lengthens numerous muscles and works the joints. Initally, it may not feel like it...but, it is a resting pose during an active practice!
Wide legged forward fold:
Stand with your legs as wide as you are comfortable. Have your feet parallel. Place hands on hips, and on an inhalation take a slight back bend. On an exhalation, fold forward from the hips and let yourself reach for the floor. Completely relax your neck and spine. Use your hands to press into the ground and continue to breathe deeply and slowly while staying in this pose for 5-10 breaths. Inhale as you slowly rise back up to avoid dizziness. This pose improves digestion and circulation. It is very calming for the nervous system and increases will power. It lengthens hamstrings and strengthens lower back.
Plow Pose:
Start by lying on your back with your palms on the ground. On an inhale, raise legs up together and on an exhale, let them fall overhead to where they can reach. If the feet can touch the ground, curl your toes to help push your heels up. Keep chin close to chest in this pose and breathe slowly and deeply for several breaths. If your feet do not touch the ground, simply let legs stay where they can reach and breathe into them. You can bring hands to back to help with balance. This pose gives flexibility to the spine and neck. It helps nourish the spinal nerves and massages the thyroid and parathyroid glands. Also, the inversion helps remove settled sediments in the internal organs.
