How To Do The Twist Postures Video

The twisting yoga poses have many benefits for the spine and internal organs. Learn about the basics of twist poses in this video about yoga positions and moves.

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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. Twisting Postures. Twists allow us to see the world from a whole new perspective. You'd literally twist your world around. You can do twist standing, lying, sitting on the ground, even while balancing upside down. Twists are great for aligning your spine and they allow you to release excess fluid from your body. Faith is going to demonstrate a twist for us. So, twist usually involves twisting from the core and you begin at the lower spine. The lower spine doesn't twist as much as the upper spine. So it's a small twist that begins from the core and then it gradually gets larger and larger and larger as you come up the midsection and then all the way up to the chest. In a twist, you want to think about lengthening through both side of your spine. On the inhale you lengthen from the tailbone to the crown of the head and on the exhalation, you rotate and open up in the twist just a little bit more. They really feel great. Remember, twists realign your spine, they allow you to get excess fluid from your body and they allow you to see the world from a whole new perspective.

How to Do the Twist Postures Video

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