Tips & Techniques on Power Yoga

Video Transcript

"Hello my name is Scott Soller, Yoga Instructor. I'm here on behalf of Expert Village. For the corpse pose, the final pose, we curl the tails under, bending the knees softens the back. You want to extend the legs, bring the arms to side of hips. The chin comes in a little bit, if press into the heels, lift the seat, tuck the tail a little bit under to lengthen the lower back. Now when the navel comes in, keep it slightly in as you inhale, draw the chin in lengthen back of neck re-inhale at the top and exhale soften the chest. Spread the shoulder blades, and tug the shoulder blades a little down the back, palms upturned, relax the wrist and the ankles. Again finding a comfortable and stable posture makes any lasting adjustments. One of the most challenging poses is the just rest here. Practicing not moving, shifting from a thinking mode to a feeling mode. Rest as the whole body be with whatever foreground sensations arise but also rest as the back ground feeling awareness. Feel the energy in and around your body. Let your body be as still as a corpse, your awareness as still as space. And ready to shift, slowly gently, wiggling fingers and toes, with an exhale floating the eyes a little bit open letting the light come to the eyes. Stretching whatever way feels comfortable to you. Eventually bringing thighs to chest, exhaling knees to side, rolling to fetal position using your hands to prop up or you can extend your legs and let the weight of your legs and your core muscles teeter you up. On behalf of Expert Village and a gratitude to all the yogis and Yoganese, thank you for joining me, Namaste"