Quick Break

(gentle upbeat music) Hi, thanks for joining me today. I'm Peter and I'll be guiding you through this strengthening yoga session. This will be a more vigorous session. We'll hold poses for a little longer and give special attention to alignment. All right. So we'll begin in downward facing dog. Let's begin. (gentle upbeat music) So in this down dog, just let it move around a little bit. Kind of for a moment, throw away any precision in alignment and let your hips move a little side to side, bending one knee and then the other, lengthening the arms and legs, and release the weight of the head. And we'll just take two or three breaths here in and out through the nose. (gentle upbeat music) (exhales heavily) Good, now you can bend your knees and look forward, and either step jump, or just walk to the top of your space. (gentle upbeat music) As you inhale, look forward, lengthening your spine, and exhale deep in your fold, release the way to the head. Inhale, come all the way up to stand and look up. (gentle upbeat music) Hands to the heart, your eyes open and a soft bow of the head. Lift your head and release the hands. As you inhale, stretch the arms up (gentle upbeat music) and as you exhale, fold forward. You can bend your knees here as much as you like. Inhale, look forward. And as you exhale, step your right foot back and lower the right knee. Let's pause here. One hand at a time to your front thigh, lift the chest up. (gentle upbeat music) Reach the arms over the head (gentle upbeat music) and you can cactus the elbows here, lifting the chest spreading the fingers wide. If you wanna add a little more fire, lift that back knee. We'll hold this for five breaths. (gentle upbeat music) Hugging that left hip back and the right hip forward. Spread the fingers wide, broadening through the collarbones and drawing the shoulders together. (gentle upbeat music) Two more big breaths here, inhaling through the nose and exhaling through the nose. Stay with it. One more big breath. (gentle upbeat music) If your knee is up, lower the knee, arms up, hands to the heart, to the earth and step forward. (gentle upbeat music) Lengthen your spine. Hands up the shins and then exhale deep in your fold. (gentle upbeat music) Inhale to rise, come all the way up. (gentle upbeat music) Hands to the heart, exhale. (gentle upbeat music) Release your hands. Try the other side. Inhale, reach up. (gentle upbeat music) And exhale, fold. (exhales) (gentle upbeat music) Inhale, look forward and step your left foot back, left knee down. (gentle upbeat music) Again hands to the thighs, press your chest up and feel that tailbone dropping down. Arms to the sky. (gentle upbeat music) Cactus the elbows. Stay and lift your back knee. And really tone up the back leg. Open the...