#2 Recording from 01/24/2024
January 25, 2024

Summary

Key Takeaways:
Practiced child's pose, cat/cow, side stretches, warrior 2, forward folds, bridge, and savasana poses.
Focused on grounding through the feet and engaging core muscles.
Did unilateral stretches to create more space on each side of the body.

Topics:
Warm Up
Started in child's pose, focusing on full exhales and inhales.
Moved to cat/cow, coordinating breath and spinal movements.
Did some sun salutations, moving between down dog, forward fold, and upward salute.

Side Stretches
Came into a cross-legged posture, stretching the right side of the body.
Focused on grounding through the right sitting bone, extending the left arm overhead.
Switched sides to open up the left side.

Warrior 2
Stepped into warrior 2, stabilizing the front foot.
Grounded through the pinky toe and outer edge of the front foot.
Added side bends, reaching the top arm overhead and wrapping the bottom arm back to stretch the obliques.

Forward Folds
Practiced engaging the glutes and hamstrings in a standing forward fold.
Did some unilateral engagement, grounding down through one foot at a time.

Backbends
Came into bridge pose, pressing the feet into the floor and lifting the hips up.
Did "seal" pose, pressing the toes down and reaching the arms overhead.
Savasana
Finished with legs up the wall pose and final relaxation.

Next Steps:
Continue focusing on core engagement and grounding through the feet.
Maintain awareness of finding length in the spine during poses.
Practice slowing down transitions between poses.