Side Lunge Pose for Prenatal Yoga

Video Transcript

"Another strong pose to help strengthen and lengthen is the side angle lunge. I'm going to have you come into another 5 star. Extend those legs straight out to the sides. We're going to go into the left this time, slowly turning the toes to the left. Notice she's keeping her hips and shoulders facing forward. Beautiful. Drop that back heel down. This comes with a nice bent knee, so I'm going to have you bend your left knee without letting that knee past the ankle. Perfect. Stopping right there. I'm going to release down to the knee, coming into a nice side angle lunge. Extend the arm all the way up. A nice way to check your alignment. No worries doing this. Drop your arm down to your hip and kind of make sure that hip is slightly lifted. Nice slight twist. Lift the arm back up. Beautiful. Really empower this leg right here. This pose helps strengthen and lengthen the legs and the back. Perfect. Drop the long over head to get a little big more lengthening. Only if it's comfortable. You never have to do that. Remember that any pose, you never have to take it to that next level. To help yourself up, let the arm help you. Inhaling, all the way up. Exhale, release the arms down. Straightening out that knee. Bend the knees and step together. Perfect. "