Introduction to Hatha Yoga Bends & Twists

Series Summary

Hatha yoga adherents focus on struggles between opposing energies: hot versus cold, yin versus yang, and positive versus negative. Many baby boomers would add middle age versus gravity to their own list of forces which-while not exactly opposed-definitely don't seem to get along quite as well as they used to. Twisting into a triple inverted pretzel and walking up a wall with legs pulled over your head may have been easy enough in your protest days, but the golden years call for a kinder, gentler breed of Eastern exercise. But can you ease up on the routine, yet still retain the spiritual and mental focus derived from other styles? Does a guru sit in the woods when he goes camping? Of course!

A baby boomer herself, Marcelle Lee will talk, roll and pull you through the basics of this user-friendly yoga. In this series, she demonstrates bends, spinal twists and butterfly stretches and how to incorporate them into your workout. You learned to strive for freedom in the 60s and now you can learn to stretch for free. Channel the strength and spirit of a generation into your personal fitness routine!

Video Transcript

"MARCEL LEIGH: Hello! Marcel Leigh, again, from Expert Village. We have our fourth session today. Okay. Summing up what we've done in the other three, all right, basics in every pose and every position we do: breathing, posture and alignment. All right? Let's just do that real quick. All right? Nice, tall spine, shoulders up, back and down, nice deep breaths. And now, we're going to be moving into this next series of forward bends. All right? And we're going to be doing roll ups and roll downs which will help strengthen the abdominals. We will end with a nice little relaxation lying on the floor. So are you ready to begin? Okay. Grab your mats, grab your towels, your candle, your--everything you need to give yourself a nice relaxing space, and we'll begin."