Arm & Leg Balance in Prenatal Yoga

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If you're still comfortable with balances in your pregnancy there's a really fun way to have a balance that's called the Arm and Leg Balances. So Emily is going to show it for us. Coming into hands and knees. It's a nice way to really lengthen, getting a nice really stretch. So hands and knees, wrists underneath your shoulders, knees, hip width apart and underneath the hips, beautiful. Are you comfortable? Now during this pose, make sure your neck stays in alignment with the spine. You don't want to become unbalance. So first, lift it up the left leg. Now think about these hips, let them be nice and level, internally rotate that thigh to make sure it stays that way. Now this one, you can press through the toes or the heels, whatever is best for you. And lifting the opposite arms so you'll be lifting at the right arm. She's got the right arm and the left leg. Now kind of reaching fingertips to toes or fingertips to heels whatever feels comfortable for you. Beautiful. Look down towards the floor, keep that neck in alignment. Lovely. Checking out the balance. Now don't do this if your balance is uncomfortable. Now if you're feeling a little adventurous, you can come into a nice little Counter stretch. She's going to take the right arm, reach back to the top of the left foot. Now when she's in this Counter stretch, she's opening up her shoulders, she's stretching up the thigh and that hip. So its nice little Counter Stretch there. And to come out of it, you very slowly and gently release it back into the balance, lengthen and then gently release down hands and knees. Don't come into that Counter Stretch if you're not ready for it. Go ahead and lower down to Child Pose. Take that break.

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