As part of our 'Time To Shape Up' campaign, Claire McLean from You Fit East Kilbride has provided us with an easy to follow yoga stretch workout that can be easily tried and completed at home.
Designed to help you develop your flexibility and mobility, videos of the full workout, alongside many
other exercise routines, can be found on the YouFit EK YouTube page.
You will need:
• A yoga mat or space to lie on the floor and water
Warm up
–Stand on your mat, legs apart, big breath in through the nose, and roll your shoulders in circles. Breathe out through your mouth.
–Draw circles with your neck again focusing on your breathing.
–Repeat both exercises in the opposite directions for 2 minutes.
Yoga workout
-Move to the front of your mat, take a big breath in and extend your arms all the way to the sky: Mountain Pose.
–From here release your arms to either side and forward bend over your legs.
–Bend your knees as much as you need to.
–Big breath in and bring your hands to your shins.
–Breath out and release your hands to your mat.
– Move in to downward dog position. Lift your hips high and push down through your hands. Find that shoulder stability.
– Big breath in, roll forward, dropping down to your knees, elbows in to your ribs and push down to the floor.
– Push the floor away and in to updog. Open through the chest.
– Breath out and push back in to downward facing dog.
– Repeat this process three times.
– Move your back leg forward and step through in to a lunge.
– Land the back foot and lift up to Warrior Two. Push the hips forward.
– Release and return to Mountain Pose.
– Move into downward dog position.
– Move the opposite leg forward this time and step through in to a lunge.
– Land the back foot and lift up to Warrior Two. Push the hips forward.
– Release hands down and stay in Forward Fold with your hands on the mat and your knees bent for a few seconds.
–Deep breath in, stretch up and relax.
