How To Do The Half Lotus Forward Fold Yoga Pose Video

Yoga balance poses like the Half Lotus Forward Fold require letting go of the fear of falling. Learn a new yoga pose in this video yoga lesson.

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Let go of fear
Engage core
Find counter balance
Bring heel to hip
Lengthen & fold forward

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Cindy Mastry has practiced yoga since the age of eight, and also has a background in Jazz and Ballet. Active in the fitness industry for nearly twenty years, she teaches aerobics, kickboxing, and yoga at many fitness centers in the Tampa Bay area. Cindy trained with 84 year-old Master Yogi Monk, Baba Hari Dass at the Mt. Madonna Center in California and owns/operates "Yoga Etc Studio" in St. Petersburg, Florida. Cindy teaches yoga to people of all ages and experience levels and at very competitive rates.

CINDY MASTRY: Namaste. My name is Cindy Mastry and in this clip, Faith is going to be demonstrating the half lotus to a forward fold. It is a balance pose so remember with every balance pose you have to let go of your fear, you have to engage your core, and you have to let go of your fear of falling; it is okay to fall. So Faith is going to come with her feet about hip width distance apart, good. She is just going to inhale and reach her arms up to the sky and then she is going to take either leg, I do not know which leg you would rather do, and bring it up to your hip. So she is going to bring her heel to her hip bone and then allow her knee to fall away. This is a hip opener pose. She needs to root down through her right foot, tilt her tailbone down, draw her belly button in, lengthen up through her spine, lengthen all the way through the crown of the head, good. Now inhaling, reaching her arms up and as she exhales, lifting out of her waist and folding forward, good, coming all the way down to the floor, good, getting a real good hip opener here. She should be able to feel that on her hamstring as well. The hard part is coming back up so you have to really engage the root lock, engage your belly lock, inhale in, reaching the arms out to the side, use focus and concentration to lift yourself back up drawing that navel into the spine and then releasing your hands back down, good. So this was the lotus to forward fold. It is a balance, it requires that you let go of fear, know that it is okay to fall, find a focal point to concentrate on, use your breath, and draw your belly button into your spine.

How to Do the Half Lotus Forward Fold Yoga Pose Video

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