Yoga Chair (Standing)

(Unless you are familiar with this exercise, please read thoroughly before starting.)

Setup: Stand with your feet parallel and touching each other, thighs squeezing together. Hands on hips.

Maintain throughout exercise: Pull your belly button in to your spine. Keep your spine straight and long.

Exercise: Slowly lower yourself into a squat position (bend your knees, sending your rear end out behind you, as if you are going to sit in a chair). Don’t sink too low—keep your knees directly over, not beyond, your ankles. Only go as low as you are in control. Lift through your chest but keep pulling your belly button in to your spine, so you don’t overarch your lower back. Hold for 4 slow breaths. Stand back up, shake it out, and repeat.

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