Tip of the day from @actionjacquelyn - Learn yoga with me on my blog!! 🧘🏼♀️ Link in bio 😁 Today’s @getstretchy Pose is Sunbird, or Extended Tabletop Pose, or Utthita Chakravakasana, or Dandayamna Bharmanasana 🕉 So many names for 1 Pose!! 🙃 As I continue to teach backbends on my Instagram (scroll back to my feed for more back-bending tutorials!), I chose this one today to help you strengthen your back and core, which is needed for back bending! This will also help you find your center of balance as you strengthen the required muscles to align your spine and limbs. ____ Correct 💚✅: * Shoulders over wrists, hips over knees * Overhead arm is reaching forward in line with spine, and also extended arm and shoulder is externally rotated * Lifted leg’s quad is firm and energized to strengthen leg and reach through toes * Lifted leg is in line with hip and spine, and can raise higher if you don’t compensate through the belly * Pose is held together with the core: ribs knit together, and lower belly pulls up and in * Shoulders slightly protract and seratus is engaged and supporting Pose * Weight is in knuckles of fingers, and back shin ______ Incorrect ❌: * The body is like a hammock - no support in the core, so it throws off the entire alignment * Weight is heavy in the wrists, because the other muscles are not engaged, working or lifting * Arms and legs are too high _______ Learn more 👉🏽 ActionJacquelyn.com #takeaction _______ #getstretchytutorial #getstretchyeveryday
