Start with Childs Pose in Hatha Yoga

Video Transcript

"MARCELLE LEE: Here we go. From pose of the child, there are many different positions that we can get into for opening the chest, opening the shoulders, stretching out the quadriceps, the entire spine, almost working the entire body. So, this is how we are going to start this series from pose of the child. We are going to look up and stretch the arms front. Walk those arms out as far as you can, bringing your chin or nose to the floor. Now, this is called the cat stretch. Can you see why that's called the cat stretch? Okay, from here, we're going to bring the hips up, and we're going to slide your arms out a little bit more, a little bit more, a little bit more. Now, my arms and hands are open as wide as my elbows and shoulders, and all I'm going to do is bring my pelvis to the floor. I'm going to open the feet up, I'm going to press the pelvis to the floor, and breathe. We're going to press up, take the elbows off the floor, drop the shoulders, and stretch back. Most importantly, enjoying your pose, enjoying your stretch, enjoying your breath. So from this position, shoulders go up, back, down back. Press pelvis to the floor, squeeze your gluts, and breathe. Enjoying the breath, relaxing deeper and deeper, with every breath you take, the deeper the stretch. All right, coming out of this to the next position."