Key Points for Arm Balances in Advanced Yoga

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Hi my name is Leta Koontz and I'm a yoga instructor at Schoolhouse Yoga in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I'm here on behalf of Expert Village to teach you some arm balances. So there is two key points in doing arm balances safely and effectively. The first is to make sure that you are using your hands properly so you don't injure your wrist. Make sure that your hands are shoulder distance apart so that the center point of your wrist is in line with your shoulders. The second place is to make sure that all your weight is not letting all your weight go into your wrist. If you are disturbing the weight through the base of the fingers, the fingers attach to the hands all the way to the finger tips. This is going to be really important especially in the arm balances where we need to bring our weight forward you need to get more comfortable with bringing your weight into your fingers. The second point is to make sure you keep your navel drawn in with your spine and your engaging whole muscles and that is really going to be very important to maintain your balance when you start to bring your weight into your hands.

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