Best Balance Yoga Positions For Improving Health 2019

Fit library Instructions:

• Place hands under your shoulders
• Maintain neutral spine
• Drawing your belly button in towards your spine bend at your hip.
• Keeping your standing leg and weight midfoot and over hands
• Return to the prone position and repeat.

Fit library Instructions:

• There are three variations of the Warrior pose.
• Step your right or left foot out to the right about 4 feet from your other foot.
• Pivot your body to face the right, and turn your left foot in about
• Your right knee should be at a 90-degree angle, and your right thigh should be parallel to the ground.
• Raise your arms over your head with your head pointing straight forward or slightly up.
• Feel your spine and pelvis lengthening as you reach above your head through your fingertips.
• Hold for 30 seconds, and then move arms to transition into Warrior II (below) or perform Warrior I on the other side.

Fit library Instructions:

• From Warrior, I, take your left arm straight down and parallel to the floor.
• At the same time that you reach your right arm down and back behind you.
• Keep your head facing in the same direction as your lead foot.
• Keep your torso facing outward.
• Adjust your back foot from the 45-degree angle of Warrior I to 90 degrees for Warrior II.
• Keep your core engage while performing these poses to put some of the work into your abs and to help you balance.

Fit library Instructions:

• Begin in a sitting position with your knees bent and feet touching your butt. Firmly plant your hands on either side of your hips and lift yourself up using your core and glutes.
• Lift your right leg up as high as you can.
• Ultimately, you want it to be perpendicular to the ground and your torso.
• Work on your leg flexibility if you can’t reach your leg straight up.
• You can move backward slightly to increase the stretch in your wrists, or you can lift and lower to bring the workout into your abs, triceps, and glutes.
• When you lower, make sure to bend the elbows and lower to just a few inches above the ground.
• Then lift and repeat.

Fit library Instructions:

• Slowly reach your left leg up to your left arm.
• Grab your toes if you can while keeping the left leg straight.
• This requires a lot of flexibility in the legs.
• If you can’t straighten the leg, try bending your knee slightly.
• Repeat on the other side.

Fit library Instructions:

• Entering the pose very slowly, and concentrating on what you are accomplishing while you are trying to do it.
• This will help you stay balanced.
• Following Warrior II, you will bring your arms back together to point straight out in front of you.
• Slowly lift your right left leg up in the air as you begin to shift your body forward.
• The leg you are standing on should be level to the ground, and your arms and outstretched and be parallel to the ground.
• Keep your head in line with your arms.
• Make sure to keep the hips squared and facing down.