Hey guys welcome to Cambodia. We are on a beautiful island called Koh Rang Samloem and today
I've got a yoga practice for you that's going to focus on the health and recovery of your back
Now for those of you that have ever suffered through back injury or back pain
you know how difficult that can be on your physical well-being as well as your mental and emotional state, so
I would like you to try to use this video as part of your journey and overcoming any
Obstacles that you may be facing right now and allow it to give you a little more strength and flexibility in your back
Now if any of these exercises cause any pain in your back
Please do not push through the pain and always talk to your doctor if you have any questions
All right, if you guys are ready grab your mat and let's get started
Alright guys. We're going to start today in child's pose at the very back of your mat first reaching the arms up to the sky
I'm going to exhale reaching them all the way down into your child's pose
We're just staying here
Allowing yourself to come to the present moment bringing all of your awareness to your breath
inhale Exhale
Let it go
now let's take both of your palms to the lower back and
Before we start we're going to offer a very gentle massage those muscles
simply pressing the Palm into each side of your back and
pushing downward
Almost like you're lengthening the muscle basically with the palm of your hand
Push and bring it down
So starting summer from the mid-back and then bring it down towards the very tip of your spine just
A couple more times here
Wonderful
Take a deep breath in and then exhale. Go ahead bring the arms forward
again focusing on each side of the spine and the back
What we're going to do first is bring both of your hands to the very right side of your mat and then
Shift your hips slightly to the left
So you're going to feel an increased stretch along the left side of your path?
Stretching out the muscles letting go of any tension
Again, just staying with the breath here
And then once you're ready switch to the other side to both hands to the left side of your mat
hips slightly to the right and
Just breathe
Continuing to reach forward feeling that stretch along the right side of your pack
Great come back to center
deep Breath in again, I'm
Going to exhale slowly rounding through each vertebra of your spine into your cat cow posture
let's take a deep breath in arching the back and
then exhale
Rounding the spine tucking the chin right into the chest
inhale open Arch the back
and Exhale rounding the spine
Yeah, just nice and slow again really feel that opening in the spine
adding some gentle movement here
And again inhale look up the sky
Exhale round tuck that chin into the chat
Wonderful, let's come back into neutral spines of straight back
I'm going to begin with a strengthening exercise first extending your right leg all the way back make sure the hips are square
Bellybutton pulling in towards the Lumbar spine and then from here taking your opposite arm to your left arm forward a
Really great exercise to strengthen the lower back through targeting the core
Just hold this position
stay with the breath and
Then from here pointing the palm down bending that eye elbows squeeze the shoulder blades inhale Reach forward
exhale bend the elbows squeeze a little bit of the upper back strengthening hair and
squeeze
Reach and
squeeze
Reach and
squeezing that shoulder Blade reach and
Squeeze good, just the Arm working everything else stay still and strong
and from here reaching forward
go ahead and drop that hand down inhale exhale taking one push-up, and
Then slowly coming down with your chest than that
Trying to keep that leg away from the floor so don't let it touch the ground
Your thighs off the mat and then same thing take that left arm reach it forward
Take a deep breath deep exhale bring it down
let's reach up again Arm and leg up and
Bring it down very nice. You can keep your forehead down if you wish or follow that hand with your gaze
awesome again lift up and down and
again Lift and hold
taking a deep breath in
Engaging that lower back. Go ahead release the left hand next to the side of your body, and then you're going to just gently
drop that right leg
Take a moment. Take a deep breath in exhale
slowly lifting into our baby cobra
So keep the hips down and try to not engage the glutes and just work the back
going to come back down ocean to the hands come on up to your knees and
Just a quick little child's pose here again to release any tension out of the back
rounding of the spine in the opposite Direction
Good one more deep breath in
excellent
again deep breath in
Coming back into that all force position on your exhale from here
Just moving about in a circular motion we're going to do for each way
To bring the hips to the left shoulders to the right
And continue to move it just see what feels good for your body here
Some of you may feel really good by doing a big circle
reverse the Direction
And some of you guys may feel the best when you're doing small movements
To see how your body how your spine reacts to this movement?
Awesome stopping right in the center. I'm going in to our other side so now left leg extends well the belly button to your spine
right arm reaches forward
Now imagine like you're trying to touch something in front of you with your fingertips and touch something behind you with your toes
So that lengthening feeling as you hold and engage every muscle in your body
Pull the Belly button room right into that Lumbar spine
Take a deep breath in exhale
Let's bend that right all those squeeze the right shoulder blade reach up exhale
squeeze for two
reach exhale three
reach exhale four
reach exhale five
squeeze the shoulder blades six keep it aligned seven don't let the arm drop a
great job
hold it release the hand just one pilates push up come back up and
Slow bring that chest down release the body try to keep the left leg in the air hold it here
Lift the thigh off the mat extend your right arm
hold and then release
again, let's Lift and hold and
then release
look up lift your arm lift your opposite leg and
Good one more time lift and hold
Release the hand release the leg inhale I'm going to exhale coming back into that baby cobra
old engaging the back Muscles try to relax your glutes
isolate the back
And come back down
Let's take a deep breath in come on up to your all fours position
Right back over to your child's pose again rounding of the spine in the opposite Direction
breathing in exhale
Come back into your neutral tuck your back toes and slowly let's extend into our downward
Facing dog take your time with this
Feel that stretch through the hamstrings allow the heels to sink down
And then if it feels good walk out the dog let go of any tension
Staying with your breath allowing that sternum to fall towards the ground
Right job you guys one more deep breath and let's press both heels down chest down inhale exhale
hold that downward dog
Go deeper
Go as far as you can with those heels open up through the upper back
Fingers are spread open wide
Looking to the top of your mat and then step or hop to the very front
Coming into our standing forward fold hands at your hips bend the knees remember keep the back straight
And then you fold from the hips so all the hinging is happening in the hip region not the lumbar spine
This is very important for those of you that have suffered from injuries in the back
We want to keep the spine as straight as possible
And then if you can see if you can extend the legs you can't touch the ground keep your hands on the shins
otherwise phoebe can fingers reach them out
All we're going to do here is just hold this posture
With each exhale allowing yourself to come a little bit deeper that forehead reaching closer to the knees
Then just adding that gentle movement of the head side to side up and down
letting go of any tension in the neck
Go ahead bend the knees and very gently transitioning over to our boat
Coming over to your back. Go ahead. Give yourself a big hug a
Really big hug to a point where you can reach your elbows with your hands cut that chin in to your knees
Stay in this little ball position, and if it feels good on the muscles see if you can add a little rock side to side
Again just stay with the breath
This class is dedicated to your back for the health and for the strength of the boat
So that it can give us
longevity in health in our lives
All right, let's bring the hands behind the knees and then start to circle the knees to the right a few times
again, this is a great gentle massage for the Lumbar Spine and
Then from here go ahead extend one leg all the way to the mat pull the other knee into your chest
Let's take a deep breath in and then
on your exhale
We're going to take our spinal twist
So to get into the spinal twist you're going to take that right hand push the left knee across
The opposite arm reaches away from you and see if you can follow that arm with your gaze
Great spinal twist here staying with the breath listening to your body
taking a deep breath in
And then exhale switch release come back into that little ball position with both knees
circle the knees out and in so like you're drawing two small circles with each individual knee a
wonderful release for the hips here
And then reverse the direction the same thing just go the opposite way
Pull the knees in out and around oh
And then extending the other leg out all the opposite knee into your chest
take a deep breath in into your nose and
then a long
Exhale out through your mouth as you take your spinal twist
So opposite hand pushes the knee across other arm reaches and extends the other side
So you can look over towards that straight arm?
three inhaling into your nose exhale out and
Let's slowly return back into the center. Well the left knee into your chest and then the other knee join
me breathy exhale
out
slowly reaching both arms over your head and
Then rolling over to your side and then up to your seated position
Come on over to the middle of your mat sit cross-legged
Inhale let's reach the arms up to the sky
Then a big exhale out bring the hands to your heart
Thank you so much for joining me today on this yoga class
Sending you lots of love and light, and I can't wait to see you again
Namaste
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