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Luckily, sticky morning joints are nothing a yoga mat cant handle.
Its time to say good morning to your body.
Move through this 15-minute morning yoga class with the co-founders of Brooklyn Yoga Club
1.
Sukhasana (easy pose):Criss-cross your legs and fall into a comfy seat.
Bring your hands to your heart center and start to pay attention to your breathing.
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Bring your right hand to the outside of your left knee; bring your left hand to the floor.
On your inhales, lengthen the spine.
On your exhales, twist deeper.
Repeat on the right side, too.
(Again, keep your blocks under your wrists if the pressure feels like a lot.)
Bend your knees slightly and think of angling your sitz bones to the sky.
Release the tension from your neck and jaw and swing your arms back and forth, moving freely.
Interlace your elbows if you like and just let everything hang.
(Do this slowly and I guarantee itll feel like heaven.)
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Lift your toes, then press them down into the mat so you feel really rooted where you are.
Uttanasana (forward fold):Swan dive back into your forward fold with your knees bent.
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Imagine a string pulling your head forward from the center of your scalp.
Fold back into Uttanasana.
Parshva Tadasana (standing side bend):Come back into mountain pose and extend your arms up overhead.
Clasp your hands together and release your pointer fingers.
Extend your sides and bend your body to the left.
Find the same pose on the opposite side.
Uttanasana (forward fold):Come back to center and fold forward once more.
Come up halfway into Ardha Uttanasana.
From here, step back, come onto your knees and lower all the way onto your belly.
Bhujangasana (cobra pose):Bring your fingertips alongside your ribs.
Extend your right leg straight back without opening your hip.
Come into plank pose and bring your knee toward your nose.
Extend the right leg back again.
Bring your hands to the floor and step back into down dog.
Repeat steps 12 and 13 on your left side.
Uttanasana (forward fold):Walk your hands forward once more and come into your tried-and-true forward fold.
Bring your hands to prayer position at your heart and breathe, breathe, breathe.
Complete this pose on the opposite side.
Move through another Surya Namaskar A.
Keep your knees together or spread them apart depending on what feels best in your body.
Reach your arms forward.
Apanasana (knees to chest pose):Sit up and swing your legs forward.
Slowly lower down until youre lying on your back, then hug your knees into your chest.
Rock from side to side, smoothing your lower back into the floor.
Release your knees and place your feet on the floor.
Allow your knees to gently rock back and forth.
Do what feels good.
What a way to start your morning!
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