Doing Shoulder Stretches for Prenatal Yoga

Video Transcript

"After a nice active practice, finishing poses can help you seal all the work that you have done. I'm going to have Emily do a nice shoulder stretch. So I'm going to ask you to lay to your left side. Make sure when you are practicing at home you do both sides to stay balance. Perfect! Bend your knees, relax on the right side. Make sure you are comfortable first. Is your head high enough, do you need another blanket? Another pillow. Let's put this underneath you head. How is that now? No stress in the neck. We are going to do a shoulder stretch. I'm going to have you extend both arms out palm to palm. Working with the breath here take a nice deep inhale. As you exhale, reach through the top fingertips reaching, reaching. Inhale back palm to palm. Exhale, reach those fingertips the top fingertips, stretch that shoulder. Perfect! Inhaling back palm to palm. Exhale reaching through. Lovely, inhale back one more time. Exhale reach for those fingertips, stretch that shoulder nice deep exhale. Perfect! Inhaling back, exhale relax. "