Yoga Tree Pose for New Moms

Video Transcript

"So we are about to begin our balancing series. Balancing poses we do not just to balance our body. It actually helps us balance both sides of our brain so the neurotransmitters can connect. The little highways can connect while we are under stress. So it helps us prepare ahead of time; prevent when we are under stress- anxiety. So when you actually do the balancing poses and you're, you know, stirring the pot with your foot and you're opening the door with your foot while talking on the phone. No, we'd like to not multi-task, but it actually does help us multi-task with less stress. So we are going to start with the tree pose and that, if you need, if you feel a little dizzy, especially if you are very new moms (if you just had a baby within five or six weeks ago), use the wall. Okay, use the wall, use the couch or use a chair and you can lean just up against it. Or you can on the side and hold it with your hand. For this I'm just going to show you away from the wall. Start with Tadasana, feet together, standing strong with all your points aligned. This is level one; you can just put your foot on your ankle. The idea is to keep your hips forward and squared and push your knee open. So you are really stretching your insides. Look at a point that is not moving away from you. That is far away. Something that is very stationary. Your eyes and your feet are connected. If you do that and try to close your eyes, your balance is all off. So gazing at a fixed point, bring your foot up and then reach your arms out and above your head. Deep breath. One more. And reach your arms out and exhale. Let your foot come down and your arms come down. Switch to the other side. I'm going to show you, you can bring your ankle, your foot all the way up to your knee. Same thing. Also, you can lift and put your foot all the way up here. And you push into your thigh. You push in with your thigh to your foot; your foot into your thigh. Open your knee. Keep gazing at that point that's not moving. Exhale. Inhale. Reach your arms up. And reach those arms out. Inhale. Exhale and lower your leg very slowly and back to Tadasana. "