I'm going to demonstrate the Dead Mans Pose or the Full Body Relaxation Pose. This is Nina, one of my students in my Yoga classes. And, at the end of the class, which is one of everybody's favorite moves. Everybody comes in asking me if we can do that first. But, this is what we do at the end. You allow the body to completely relax. You let the legs go out in a "V" and just drop the feet. The arms will come out to the side and the palms will be up. You let the shoulders kind of pull in, retract in. And, then you loosen your hips. So, if she kind of moves her hips around a little bit then it allow the hips to loosen and drop. And, get the tension out of them. Her face will be relaxed and her chin will be in a little bit. So, you'll close your eyes. Put a space between your teeth and then begin to let the face drop. Now, what I do when I'm in my class is I go through a really long good breathing technique. But, to demonstrate here I'm going to demonstrate with the belly breath that we started with. You'll let the chest and the belly rise. You take a deep inhale. As she exhales, you think only of your breath. Nothing else. Don't let your mind be on anything but the breath. She inhales through the nose, opening the ribs, letting the belly extend out. And, then as she exhales through the nose she draws the navel to the spine pushing all the air out of the lungs. As she's doing that, she's letting the arms sink. Letting the legs sink. Letting the feet relax. Letting the chest relax. The entire body is just kind of floating and sinking. Or, if you were sinking in sand it would conform to every part of that. The most important part, is allowing your mind to drop everything you're thinking about and focus on the breath. Stay there for about ten full long deep breaths.
Yoga Poses for Fibromyalgia Patients oga Dead Mans Pose for Fibromyalgia Patients
I'm going to demonstrate the Dead Mans Pose or the Full Body Relaxation Pose. This is Nina, one of my students in my Yoga classes. And, at the end of the class, which is one of everybody's favorite moves. Everybody comes in asking me if we can do that first. But, this is what we do at the end. You allow the body to completely relax. You let the legs go out in a "V" and just drop the feet. The arms will come out to the side and the palms will be up. You let the shoulders kind of pull in, retract in. And, then you loosen your hips. So, if she kind of moves her hips around a little bit then it allow the hips to loosen and drop. And, get the tension out of them. Her face will be relaxed and her chin will be in a little bit. So, you'll close your eyes. Put a space between your teeth and then begin to let the face drop. Now, what I do when I'm in my class is I go through a really long good breathing technique. But, to demonstrate here I'm going to demonstrate with the belly breath that we started with. You'll let the chest and the belly rise. You take a deep inhale. As she exhales, you think only of your breath. Nothing else. Don't let your mind be on anything but the breath. She inhales through the nose, opening the ribs, letting the belly extend out. And, then as she exhales through the nose she draws the navel to the spine pushing all the air out of the lungs. As she's doing that, she's letting the arms sink. Letting the legs sink. Letting the feet relax. Letting the chest relax. The entire body is just kind of floating and sinking. Or, if you were sinking in sand it would conform to every part of that. The most important part, is allowing your mind to drop everything you're thinking about and focus on the breath. Stay there for about ten full long deep breaths.