Yoga Basics: Sun Salutation A Video

The yoga Sun Salutation pose is a great way to start the day. Proper breathing is very important when executing this yoga pose. Learn yoga basics from a professional fitness trainer in this video on health and fitness.

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Begin with big toes and ankles together
Legs are active
Breathe deep and spine long
Perform series at a slow and controlled rhythm
Connect your breathe to your movement

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Joseph Seeman, celebrity trainer has a BFA in Dance. He is Anusara certified in yoga and Johnny G certified for indoor cycling. He has a full roster celebrity clients and personal training clientel. Joseph has been an intergral part of the iTRAIN team at iTRAIN.com. ITRAIN.com is your own "Hollywood personal trainer right in your pocket." Each audio and video workout consists of an elite Hollywood Trainer or World Champion Athlete mixed with original music to satisfy your workout needs. iTRAIN provides more than 275 workouts in its library ranging from treadmill to elliptical, cycling, strength training, and many more.

Hi, my name is Joseph, and welcome to yoga basics. In this segment, we're just going to go through sun salutation A. This is a great way to get started for your day and what I'm going to do is I'm going to take it into progression. We're going to start small, and each time we're going to take it a little deeper. The key is to remember to breathe. I know that sounds simple, but sometimes the simplest things we forget. So stand at the top of your mat. You're going to take your feet, hips with the part, right under the hips. And inhale, reach both arms straight up to the sky. As you exhale, bow forward to a forward bend. Inhale, pull the chest out, exhale, place the hands flat, and step back to plank position, and pause. Press down into the arms, strong with the hands and the feet as you take a deep breath in. And exhale to lower. All the way down to the floor. Then do a nice, easy curl. Curl the shoulders back and curl the chest up. Exhale, release it down. Tuck your toes and press it back to downward facing. Take a moment to breathe, and on your next exhale, step up to the top of the mat. Inhale, lengthen the spine forward, and exhale, bow in. Inhale, full breath all the way up to the top. And exhale the hands to the center. Now, let's move a little deeper. Release the arms down, inhale, reach it up. Exhale, bow, all the way forward, breathe it out. Inhale, reach the chest out, exhale, place the hands, step back, and lower immediately on that same exhale to the floor. Inhale, take your cobra up a little bit higher. And exhale dower facing dog. Inhale, lift the hips up and back. Exhale, step back up to the top of the mat. Inhale, take the chest out, and exhale, dive in a little deeper. Inhale to rise, full breath all the way up, exhale the hands to the center. One last time. Inhale, reach it up. Let's move the breath a little quicker, exhale, bow forward. Inhale, bring the chest out. Either step or jump back to lower down chataronga. Inhale to upward facing dog. Exhale to downward facing dog. Take one more inhale and exhale, stepping up to the top of the mat. And bow forward. Inhale all the way up to the top, exhale the hands back to the center. Close your eyes and breathe. That was sun salutation A. And this is yoga basics. My name is Joseph. Have a good one. Namaste.

Yoga Basics: Sun Salutation A Video

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