Staff Pose with Yoga Blocks

Video Transcript

"GINA KENNEDY: With our busy lifestyles and whatever we do, gravity pulls us down and so we end up with rounded shoulders and a rounded back and posture that's not exactly where we would want it. So, the Dandasan Pose, Staff Pose is one that can counteract the forces of gravity and just life as it presents itself. So, Faith is going to help me demonstrate Dandasan. So, she's going to extend her legs out in front of her. Good. She's going to flex her feet, press through her big toe mound and even spread her toes and pull her toes back towards her knees. Good. She's going to press her calfs right down into the ground and it's okay if her heels come off just a little bit. She's going to engage through her thighs. Good. She's going to lengthen up root down with her tailbone and lengthen up through the crown of her head. Now, Faith has a very nice, long spine. But for some people who've been rounded for a good portion of their life, they're still rounded. So, I'm going to ask Faith to take these blocks and place them behind her hips just a little bit. And she's going to press her hands so you might not--it might be a little too high for you, Faith. So, we're gonna--you have to experiment to find which is the right spot. Good. And she's going to press into her hands and into the ground. So, this is just elevating the ground up to your hand level and allow her side bodies to be lifted right up out of her waist reaching her energies up to the sky and lifting up through the crown of the head so that she has her four limbs on the ground, Staff Pose."