Aspen Yoga Studio - Warm Up

After energy work and breathing exercises, warm up postures and movements unlock and free the shoulder and hips from the spine and turn on the upper back and chest muscles.

If you warm up first and do abdominal exercise early enough in your practice your core will be conscious and aware.  This helps to keep you pain, struggle and injury - free.

In each warm up posture you are working the Ujjayia breath deeply, using the breath to create space from inside.

The first stage is relaxing the brain and muscle so your bones become your structure.  Then with your breath your tendons, muscles and ligaments will find their natural length out around the bones.  This opens you up.

Next, as you exhale, you begin to subtly engage your muscles, drawing the muscles to the bones to hold the bones and joints in their proper place. This creates heat and flowing circuits and lines of energy.

Warm ups include postures and exercises such as:

Shoulder shrugs

Neck release

Seated Side Bends

Shoelace

Seated Spinal Twists

Unlocking Shoulders

Knee Pile, Eagle Arms

Archer

Forward Bend, One Knee Bent

Get ready for the Forrest Yoga Trademark Core Conditioning

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