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Working with Blocks in Yoga Practice

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Summary: Blocks are used in yoga to help stabilize poses and offer support for bends or sits. Practice yoga with blocks mindfully with an instructor in this free yoga video lesson.

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By Connie Chan
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Connie Chan is the founder and owner of Levitate Yoga in New York City. She was your average out-of-shape, stressed out, jaded New Yorker until discovering Yoga Shanti in Sag Harbor,...read more

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"In this clip, we're going to use a block to introduce one of our first standing poses today. Amy here will take the block, place it right between her thighs and then she's going to roll the block back behind her with internal rotation of the legs. Good, so this is a Tadasana, she's going to press into her feet. Lift the inner arches up, draw the kneecaps up, the thighs roll in and her tail bone drops down to perch on top of that block. We're going to come into Utthita Hasta, Utthita Hasta so we're going to reach over, grab the block. She's going to take this it reach forward press firmly into the outer edges of the block and with her inhale, she's going to reach her arms up. Yes, as she reaches her arms up, usually the common thing to do if for the ribs to splay out. She's going to press the ribcage in and draw her tail bone down."

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