Basic Yoga Poses og iaphragmatic Breathing



I'm Linda Black, here to teach you deep diaphragmatic breathing. We're going to start in standing position, Tadasana, strong, majestic, stately. Lining up the hips over the ankles, shoulder over the hips and begin your deep Ujjayi breathing, that's in through the nose and out through the nose. Relax the jaw and bring the crown of the head straight up towards the ceiling. So you lengthen the back of the neck as well. Lift and draw the thigh bones back and then pull the lower abdominals in. Very nice. You'll take ten deep diaphragmatic breaths so that calms the nervous system, increase your concentration and focus, especially when you're in that game that's hinges on your performance. Now we'll move into some integrated movement with the breath, so this is coordination. Bring the palms away, inhale the arms overhead. This is called Angel Arms. It get some fluid within the shoulders. Exhale bring the hands back down to your side. Try to be soft when you do this. Inhale, lifting the arms overhead, reach the holding everything so tense, but make it fluid. Exhale hands back down to your side. And then again, bringing the arms overhead on an inhale, take the shoulders down and back, release the tension in the shoulder blade or in the trapezius and exhale down to your side. And now we're ready for Sun Salutation on our next frame.