How To Do The Stoop Pose Video

The Stoop Pose is an excellent exercise to relieve constipation and strengthen abs. Learn how to do the Stoop Pose in this yoga video.

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Use for many balance poses
Use prop for heels
Lengthen spine
Place elbows on inner knees
Keep hands in prayer mudra

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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 help demonstrate the Hindi Squat. The Hindi Squat opens your hips, opens your pelvis. It's the starting position for several balance poses. So it's an important pose. And we're going to have Faith come forward. She's just going to come up on her feet. Now, ideally, you want your heels on the ground with your toes forward and your knees straight out from your toes. So, if your heels don't go to the ground, it's always good to either use a blanket or rolled up mat or maybe some sort of flat board to place your heels on. You're going to keep the balance moving forward. Lengthen through your spine, press your elbows into your inner knees and bring your hands in the Angeli Mudra or Prayer Mudra. So, she's getting a nice stretch to the spine. Inhaling in, as she exhales she lengthens her spine down, lengthens up through the crown of the head. This is the Hindi Squat. It's really good for the pelvis and the hip. It's the beginning point for several balancing poses and it's a great spine lengthener.

How to Do the Stoop Pose Video

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