Membership Category: | Pilates Lesson Planner |
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Sub Category: | Matwork |
Types: | Arm Balance, Balance, Forward Bend, Strengthen, Stretch, Inversion, Chest Opener, Hip Opener, Prone, Standing |
Anatomy: | Arms & Shoulders, Biceps & Triceps, Core, Hamstrings, Hips, Lower Back, Middle Back, Psoas, Wrists & Arms |
Chakras: | Base, Sacral Centre, Solar Plexus Centre |
Therapy: | Confidence Building, Leg Congestion, Varicose Veins, Arthritis, Back Pain, Constipation, Depression, Diabetes, Fatigue, Herniated Disc, Indigestion, Poor Posture |
Drishti: | Tip Of Nose |
Dosha: | Vata, Pitta |
Sit sideways with both legs folded to left stacked on top of one another. Place right hand on the mat a few inches past shoulder, in line with hip, and fingers pointing away from hip. Left arm is connected to left side. Inhale, press into right hand to lift hips, bringing body into a side plank and reaching left arm overhead in line with the right arm, stacking shoulders and making a T with the body. Exhale, thread left arm across chest and between legs and right arm as you pike hips to ceiling to fold body in half. Draw abs in and up. Squeeze inner thighs together. Inhale, lower hips and body back into side plank, with left arm reaching to ceiling, shoulders stacked. Repeat. Switch sides.
Strengths abs, obliques, shoulders and hips.
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