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Today I will enjoy the beautiful things in life… ❤️

21 DAY YOGA CHALLENGE, DAY 14

Sugarcane pose (Ardha Chandra Chapasana) 

BENEFITS:
Sugarcane Pose improves core strength and balance and stretches the quads and hamstrings. You will be improving your leg strength as well as opening your hips and chest. Adding new elements completely changes a pose that you may have been practicing for years, taking you out of your comfort zone and forcing you to readjust your balance and your perspective.​ Stronger legs and a better sense of balance will help you maintain mobility and safety in daily life.

PRACTICE:
Begin in Half Moon Pose, standing on your right leg with the left leg parallel to the floor and the left arm lifted straight up.

Bend your left knee and release your left arm down to catch hold of the top of your left foot behind your back with your left hand.

Keep your left thigh roughly parallel to the floor until you feel stable with your balance. It's okay if the thigh rises higher, but focus first on creating a stable base with your straight, standing leg before going deeper into this pose.

Draw your left foot toward your back body with the left hand, kicking your foot into your hand to create abduction. This push-pull action helps to turn the pose into a backbend while helping the body to feel lighter in order to sustain the balance. Make sure to feel your chest extending forward to create this bow shape.

TIPS:
- Use a strap around your ankle to help if you cannot reach your foot just yet.
- Try practicing with a wall behind you
- Try with a chair or stool as shown
- Take breaks to stretch your ankles and re-ground

Hold for one to five breaths before releasing the left foot back into Half Moon position.

Return the left foot to the floor and try the other side.

Be wild...

21 DAY YOGA CHALLENGE, DAY 15
Thunderbolt Pose (Vajrasana)

BENEFITS:

The end of the spinal column (meru danda) is so beautifully placed on the heels giving the body a great looking posture and helps in transporting the life force energy smoothly to the entire body. This flow of the breath energy is the first stage to heal the body from within. The ankles are stretched well giving room for greater flexibility right up to the tips of the toes. The folding of the knees and the thighs stretches these muscles and improves blood circulation and improves flexibility. In this pose as the spine is elevated and away from the floor, the flow of blood is altered along with the nervous impulses in the pelvic region and pelvic muscles are strengthened.

PRACTICE:
Sit down on a mat or on a blanket, stretching your legs out in front of you keeping the spine straight.
Close your eyes and take a few breaths here and with every inhalation raise the body upwards and stretch the spine completely. Inhale and bring the right leg bent and the knee placing the right foot close to the right buttocks and exhale.
Inhale and raise the buttocks off the floor and place the right foot below the buttocks and sit on the right foot exhaling completely.
Inhale and bring the left foot below the left side of the buttocks bending the knee and place it close enough to touch the right toe with the left toe exhaling completely.
With both feet below the buttocks, with toes touching close to each other and heels apart place the spine straight and raise the body sitting on the gap between the heels and on the ankles.
Inhale here and place the palms on the thighs just before the knee and exhale closing the eyes.


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Morning Juice ❣️

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Meet ❣️

Cyndi is an RYT- 200 yoga certified instructor. She received her training with .

Some of you may recognize Cyndi... We have know Cyndi and her beautiful family for 8 years. She was a member of our Full Force family, where she trained for her SFG Kettlebell certification.

Cyndi is also our inspiration for incorporating yoga to .movement ❤️
Once, we were her inspiration, and years later, she has inspired us.

So we are very excited to introduce her as a yoga sub!!!

She will be teaching
❤️August 4th, Wednesday 8pm Hatha
❤️August 5th, Thursday 8pm Hatha
❤️August 6th, Friday 7pm Vinyasa

She is excited as we are to work with our amazing Rooted community!

Hope to see you all on the mat!

“Quiet the mind, and the soul will speak.” - Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati

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Rooted Movements official Yoga schedule!

Thank you to everyone in the community that came out and supported us by being on your mat. For helping us learn and grow together. We are very thankful for each person who has joined us for the last 5 months.

We are excited to have a set schedule finally! We will only be adding classes from here on out ❤️

We now offer Yoga memberships and class cards. Please DM for more information.

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Today was a special day!! I had one of my Full Force Instructors, Raymond Jabola come out of retirement!
Today was his first shift as a Rooted Movement LLC. Instructor 🎉

Thank you, Raymond for your help today.

Raymond will be helping me throughout next week. So when you see him, give him a big “HEY RAYMOND” hello 👋 ❤️👋

Mermaid 🧜‍♀️

Mermaid Pose is an advanced variation of
One-Legged King Pigeon Pose
(Eka Pada Rajakapotasana)
that deepens the backbend and opens the hips even more. ... As with One-Legged King Pigeon Pose, be sure to warm up your hips and thighs thoroughly before attempting this pose.

Today's class was HOT! I even have sweat spots to prove it 😅
Yoga posses can get you feeling all kind of ways! Today I felt empowered and beautiful.
In a time where the world seems to break us down peace by peace we need things that rebuild us and remind us how beautiful we are.
Thank you for being my guide today.

Even teachers need guides!
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