forward.
DIAMOND CUTTER
Inhale, and come on up with a flat back and arms wide. Tighten your belly and reach your arms to the sky, making the Diamond Cutter Sign while arching back.
MOUNTAIN POSITION
Exhale and feel the BANG as you lower your hands to your sides.
Repeat this sequence two more times.
TOUCHDOWN
Inhale as you reach up into Touchdown.
FORWARD BEND
Exhale and fold forward.
BARBACK
Inhale, bend your knees, slide your hands up to your knees, lift your head, and roll your shoulders back. Slide your heels out a bit, and feel your hips open.
PUSH-UP POSITION
Lower your hands to the mat, and step or jump back into a push-up position.
LOWER DOWN
Lower your body down slowly 3 … 2 … 1 while you squeeze your elbows in toward your ribs, making sure that your shoulders don’t dip below your elbows. Now hover three inches off the mat and hold, if possible, for a count of 3 … 2 … 1. Then fully exhale and lower yourself to the mat.
COBRA
Inhale and lengthen into Cobra by pressing your palms into the floor, lifting your chest, and rolling your shoulders back.
DOWN DOG
Exhale and push back into Down Dog by lifting your hips and pushing your chest back toward your feet while you take two small steps forward.
POSITION THREE
Inhale and swing your arms back like wings. Keep them back as if you are holding a big Theraball behind you.
SUPERSTAR
On the next inhalation, if you can, reach your arms to the sky, squeeze your shoulders back, lift your chest, and look up at your hands. Take two more deep inhalations and exhalations.
LUNGE TWIST
Exhale and lower your left hand to the floor while reaching your right hand to the sky. Pull your right knee closer to your chest. Reach higher on each inhalation. Open that right shoulder and twist more deeply on each exhalation. Take three deep breaths.
PUSH-UP POSITION
Exhale, drop your right hand to the floor, swing your right leg back, and move into a push-up position.
LOWER DOWN
Lower your body down slowly 3 … 2 … 1 as you squeeze your elbows in toward your ribs, making sure that your shoulders don’t dip below your elbows. Now hover three inches off the mat and hold, if possible, for a count of 3 … 2 … 1. Then fully exhale and lower yourself to the mat.
COBRA
Inhale and lengthen into Cobra by pressing your palms into the floor, lifting your chest, and rolling your shoulders back.
DOWN DOG
Exhale and push back into Down Dog by lifting your hips and pushing your chest back toward your feet while you take two small steps forward.
THREE-LEGGED DOG
Inhale and raise your left leg way up high.
LEFT RUNNER’S LUNGE
Exhale and swing that left leg forward into a lunge position with your left ankle directly below your knee.
POSITION ONE
Inhale and place your hands on your left knee.
POSITION TWO
On your next inhalation, lift your head and chest up into Position Two.
POSITION THREE
Inhale again and take flight as you swing your arms back like wings.
SUPERSTAR
On the next inhalation, reach your arms to the sky, squeeze your shoulders back, lift your chest, and look up at your hands, moving into Superstar if you can. Take two more deep breaths.
LUNGE TWIST
Exhale and lower your right hand to the floor while reaching your left hand to the sky in a Lunge Twist. Pull your left knee closer to your chest. Reach higher on each inhalation. Open that left shoulder and twist more deeply on each exhalation. Take three deep breaths.
PUSH-UP POSITION
Exhale, drop your left hand to the floor, swing your left leg back, and move into a push-up position.
LOWER DOWN
Lower your body down slowly 3 … 2 … 1 as you squeeze your elbows in toward your ribs, making sure that your shoulders don’t dip below your elbows. Now hover three inches off the mat and hold, if possible, for a count of 3 … 2 … 1. Then fully exhale and lower yourself to the mat.
COBRA
Inhale and lengthen into Cobra.
DOWN DOG
Exhale and push back into Down Dog. Take a deep