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Downward Dog Hip Opener for Prenatal Yoga

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Summary: Learn downward dog hip opener for prenatal yoga in this maternity fitness video for expecting mothers from an expert yoga instructor.

Views: 421 | Tags: yoga, prenatal, pregnancy, back, leg, stretches, hip, pain, mothers, expecting, opener, weak, bladder

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Gina Kennedy Gina Kennedy received her teacher training at the beautiful Ashram in Nassau, Bahamas. She was awarded the title of Yoga Siromani and is a member of the Yoga ... read more

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Downward Dog Hip Opener for Prenatal Yoga

A fun way to stretch the hip is in the Downward Facing Dog. When you're in Downward Facing Dog literally coming into a nice three legged dog, bending the knee and dropping it over to the side is a wonderful hip opener. Emily is going to show us. So coming into Downward Facing Dog and again with Downward Facing Dog the most important thing is your measurement. You want to be nice and comfortable and really make a nice inverted V. So taking the hands to one complete hand print past the shoulders, tuckig the toes, lift the hip pointers straight up to the sky, lengthening that spine, drop the head, almost looking towards the baby. Now to come into the hip opener, lift up that leg all the way to the sky, three legged dog. Now you want to kind of first get the hips level, beautiful, then bend he knee and drop it over to the side. If you want to give her a little bit of help you kind of wrap the knee around the waist and open up through the hip. We're going to have you do that again so drop the knee, extend through the leg, perfect. Bend the knee, drop it over to the side towards the left and again let me give her a little bit of help here. Look at that lengthening, look at that opening, beautiful. Now drop that knee, extend that leg and then lower it down, lower down on exhale. Take a good inhale and exhale and lower down to the knees and press into Child Pose. Bring your arms all the way behind you to really relax the arms. Full Child Pose.

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