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Flex and Balance Yoga Flow

Flexibility and Balance Yoga Session

Goal: To focus on improving flexibility and balance through a sequence of yoga poses, helping to enhance joint mobility and body awareness.

Daily Benefits: This yoga routine aids in reducing muscle tightness, improving posture, and enhancing balance, which can help prevent falls and other injuries in daily life.

Warmup

  • Gentle Cardio
    Instructions: Begin with gentle movements such as walking or light jogging to increase circulation.
    Equipment used: None
    Duration: 5 minutes
    Muscles worked: Cardiovascular system

Yoga Poses:

  • Standing Forward Bend
    Instructions: Stand with feet hip-width apart, exhale and bend forward from the hip joints, not from the waist, with hands on the ground or your legs depending on your flexibility.
    Duration: Hold for 1 minute
    Muscles worked: Hamstrings, calves, hips
  • Tree Pose
    Instructions: Stand on one leg, place the sole of the other foot on the inside of your thigh, and balance. Raise your arms above your head.
    Duration: Hold for 1 minute each side
    Muscles worked: Legs, core (for balance)
  • Warrior III
    Instructions: From a high lunge position, shift your weight onto your front leg, and lift your back leg while lowering your torso and arms forward, parallel to the floor.
    Duration: Hold for 30 seconds each side
    Muscles worked: Legs, core, shoulders
  • Seated Twist
    Instructions: Sit with legs extended, cross one leg over the other, and twist towards the top leg, pushing against it with your elbow for a deeper stretch.
    Duration: Hold for 1 minute each side
    Muscles worked: Spine, glutes, obliques

Cool-Down:

  • Instructions: Conclude with calming poses like Child’s Pose and Corpse Pose, which help relax the body and mind, integrating the benefits of your practice.
    Duration: 5-10 minutes

Integrating this Flexibility and Balance Yoga Session into your weekly routine can significantly improve your joint health, flexibility, and balance, contributing to better overall physical health and well-being.

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