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i love yoga. i'm currently in a training course and it causes me immense delight everytime i learn something new. i'm literally falling in love with yoga...and it's brilliant.

today i took a restore yoga class that left me feeling completely loose and relaxed. here's one of the vinyasas or series of poses from the class:

start in child's pose (balasana). if you only do this series then breath deeply in and out for at least 8 breaths.

then you're going to essentially scoop forward keeping your elbows in and chest as close to the mat as possible.

proceed to then rise into upward facing dog (urdhva mukha svanasana). you can also come into cobra (bhujangasana), you will be lifted off the ground from about your belly button and your elbows can have a slight bend. keep your shoulders moving down from your ears.

from here push back into downward facing dog (adho mukha svanasana)

lower down onto your hands and knees into table pose with a flat back. rotate your pelvis out, lowering your belly and pull your shoulders back into cow pose (bitilasana). counter with cat pose (marjaryasana), pushing your shoulder blades up while curving your back. then pull your hips back and down into child's pose again.

written out simply here is the vinyasa or series:

inhale child's pose

exhale sliding forward

inhale upward facing dog

exhale downward facing dog

inhale table pose to cow pose

exhale cat pose

inhale child's pose

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