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Summary: Improper yoga stretching can lead towards injury and the formation of bad habits. Learn the importance of proper movement from our professional yoga instructor in this free video.
"So when I did my Yoga Teacher training, we read a book by a woman named Donna Fahree, an amazing Yogini. And this book is called:" Yoga: Mind, Body and Spirit". One of the most helpful things that I learned about stretching, increasing flexibility and Yoga in general was her system of the Seven Moving Principles. The Moving Principles, I'll just them for you are: breathe, yield, radiate, center, support, align and engage. We're going to use these throughout our practice today to properly support our stretches. They will help you feel like you know what you are doing. And they will in fact help you know what you are doing, so that you can stretch safely and effectively."
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