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Summary: Learn how to strengthen abdominal muscles in Hatha Yoga for baby boomers in this free health and fitness video from a professional hatha yoga instructor and meditation expert.
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Marcelle Lee Marcelle Lee, a certified Hatha yoga instructor for more than 20 years, has given workshops, classes and private instruction to people of all walks of life. S... read more
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Questions & AnswersMARCEL LEIGH: All right. Now, we're going to start working the abdominal muscles while strengthening the spine. All right. Now, what I'd like you to do is sit forward on your mat. So you have a mat to roll down on. We're going to start off with a forward bend. Starting off, shoulders up, back, down back. Nice, deep breath, toes in, reaching arms up, look up, reach forward, and once again, pull those toes in, straight spine. From this position, we're going to reach the arms up. We're going to bring the knees, toes up in one movement. We're going to open the shoulders, round, chin to the chest to this position. Now, it's like holding one of those big balls, okay? Arms are out. They're not in; they're out. So your shoulders, get your shoulders up, back down, back, arms are open. Using abdominals, chin to the chest. Now, as we roll down, the arms come up, the legs begin to straighten, the toes point. And we're going to roll down one vertebra at a time, back of the neck to the floor, head to the floor. Stretch your arms all the way back. Big breath, big, deep, diaphragmatic breath. And let's come up. So round, open those arms, head up, chin to the chest. Knees, toes up, roll up, stretch feet out, reach forward, and here we are. Okay. Let's do that one more time slow. I want to make sure you get that. So reaching up, knees, toes up, round, roll down, stretching back, coming up, knees, toes up, rolling up, stretching feet out, and here we are. Okay, we're going to do that a little big faster, and I really want you to feel those abdominals working.
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