Yoga Lunge

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Part of the video series: Improving Your Yoga Stretching

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Summary: Utilizing proper technique will strengthen and improve your yoga stretching. Learn some tips for performing lunges from our professional yoga instructor in this free video.

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Elizabeth Rose Elizabeth Rose is a registered Hatha yoga teacher with a background in modern dance, gymnastics, martial arts, and circus arts. She offers an eclectic blend y... read more

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Yoga Lunge

Alright lunges. Lunges are another stretch that are so effective and so miraculous, but you'll find them in every yoga class and they probably frustrate the heck out of ninety percent of beginners. Here is the correct way to lunge effectively and safely. I'm going to come from my knees, I'm going to place my foot forward making sure the foot is not turned out or turned in is important. Next thing I'm going to do is make sure that my knee is directly over my ankle bone, not in front of it. I'm going to bring my hands to either side of my foot, lift the back knee. Next thing I'm going to do is make sure that the crown of my head and my back heel are in one straight line, and if they're not I'm going to lift my heart, thinking of just lifting the heart. Ok! This is an appropriate place to use props. If you feel like it's impossible for you to put your hands on the floor and do this, get two yoga blocks and get up on those blocks, making sure that this line is straight. If you're here and you're like, oh this isn't working out for me use a block for heavens sakes. Maintain the integrity of the pose; this alignment is key, supporting yourself in the pose is key. Bring the belly button up towards the spine and gently soften through your hips. This is where the lunge is most effective. You're going to feel it here in this glute, but more importantly, hang on I'm going to do the other side really fast. More importantly you're going to feel it here in your psoas. Lift that knee, this straight knee, lift the knee, press the heel back and soften the hips. Breath is long and strong; radiate your energy through the crown of your head, through the back of your heel. Supporting, aligning, engaging. And once you're ready, once you've taken three to five breaths there, you're going to drop that knee gently, gently. Come back to an easy seated pose.