Yoga Exercises for Oblique Muscles

Video Transcript

"You should be trying practicing that same balloon breath on this. We’re going to do the same crunching but we’re going to work on our oblique abdominals on this side here. This time we add our arm, we are going to do ten on each side. Ok, so I'll show you each side once and I want you to do 10 on each side, so that's 20 total. So you inhale slowly, inhale reach the arm up, you’re going to do a diagonal cross stretching your belly. There is a lot to think about here. Stretch that belly, get ready. Exhale, pull that belly down, tuck your pelvis up. Hold it and then lift up, reaching this arm out reaching the shoulder across keeping that pelvis tilt. Don't worry if you’re shaking, hold it, and inhale back up. And opposite side, inhale, stretch the arm out diagonally. Exhale, tuck that belly, pull the navel down, bring the pelvis up and stretch this side. Hold it, and then inhale come back up. After you do the rest of those, get ready for the next one to turn on your side. For the next one you can turn onto either side, but make sure you check. You can use your matt as a surface to making sure you’re aligned. It's very common to have your arm forward. You got to have your shoulder back so that you can have your arm, your head; your feet are all in alignment. Then it's kind of wobbly, so you want to hold your other hand right in front of you so you’re supporting your stomach. Arm comes up. This is the same thing. The breath work is the most important. If you just did all these crunches a hundred a day is not' going to work. If you work with the breath and move slowly those muscles are going to awaken and they are going to stay. So, stretch your arm up, this is the inhale position. You can even close your eyes for a second. Inhale get ready, exhale. Bend your arm, and rest your head in your arm, but at the same time lift both legs off the ground. Pushing your head up towards your feet, and inhale, come down slowly. I'll show you one more; again we do10 of these on each side. Exhale, come up. Push your fingers into your head, lift that head, look at your toes, bring those feet, don’t worry if they don't come too high off, but they just need to be together. Keep the knees straight, engage the muscles. When you’re all out of breath, inhale, come down. This is getting those all along here, those oblique abdominals all along here that were stretched out with your beautiful baby. And in-between the sides, roll onto your stomach, just like this arms up and rock back and forth, and then come to the other side. It's the same exact thing just check your alignment and do 10 on this side as well. Inhaling with your arm up, and exhaling when you come down. Hold it through the whole exhale, lift a little higher, and then inhale come down. Same thing when you’re done with that, come on to your belly and do a little rock a bye. Then get ready for the last abs series."