How to Perform Yoga Postures with Dina Prioste

Dina Prioste: Hi, I’m Dina Prioste from Get Exercised.com and I’m filling in today for Robert in Fusion Fitness TV. Robert: What’s going on? Dina Prioste: Oh, I’m sorry I’ve got here first, so I’m doing the talking and you’ll be joining the exercises. Robert: Wait a minute. This is unfair you guys. Dina Prioste: This is Fusion Fitness TV. Begin in downward facing down, bring your right foot forward around the left heel down at an angle taking the arms up coming to Warrior 1 pose. Right knee is bent and you’re grounding through that back foot. Take a few deep breathes here and then open the arms out and coming to Warrior 11 making sure the right knee stays open and gaze over your right middle finger. And now turn your right palm to face up, bring the left hand to the back of the left thigh, take that arm up coming into reverse Warrior. Keep the legs like warrior 11 legs that lengthen up through the right side of your body as you reach up. Now, strengthen the right leg as you come up to stand and reach towards the front foot coming into try angle pose. Take the left arm up so the left hand is directly on top of the right hand. Top of the head is reaching straight out in front of you, back is long. Both legs straight. Release the hands back down, stepping back to move through the vinasa flow we did before lowering chaturangas you exhale. Inhale to upward facing dog, exhale make your way back to either double chaturanga or back directly to them or dog. Repeat on the other side, taking the left foot forward ground the right heel down and come into Warrior 1 bringing the hands together. Left knee is bent make sure to ground down through that right foot and don’t forget to breath. Open into warrior 11 keep that left knee open, shoulders relax. Flip the left palm up, come into reverse warrior, keep the left knee bent. Warrior two legs but you’re reaching up to that left hand, fill the space open up on the left side of your body. And now, strengthen the left leg to come into triangle pose with the right arm up. Right hand in line with the left hand, crown of the head reaching straight out in front of you back is long. Release the hands down back to move through the vinasa, lower down as you exhale. Inhale to your upward facing dog, exhale make your way back downward facing dog. Now, some important stuff to remember. In Warrior 1 make sure your shoulders are not shrugging out by ears, relax them to make some space, bring those shoulders down Robert there you go, and let the neck be nice and long and breath. In Warrior 11, take that right knee open so it’s going out in the same direction as your right toes. You want to keep it in line over the ankle. When you come into reverse warrior, make sure to keep the front knees still bent. I know it feels good to come up out of that leg but you still want to work the muscles, keep that knee bent there. No, Robert I said, bend the knee. Now bend it, that’s good. In triangle pose, you don’t want to let your body cave in by reaching too low on the leg. It’s better to take that bottom hand a little bit higher so you can come up out of the pose as beautifully done by Robert here and let your chest be open so you can breath more deeply. Robert: Well, I feel great. Dina Prioste: Robert, we got here first. That was four standing postures that you can do in addition to the sun salutations that you learned earlier. As always please leave your comments at the address below and please join us next week at Fusion Fitness TV. Robert Troch: Fusion Fitness TV.