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Summary: Yoga suggestions for athletes and strength trainers. Learn the Bull Seat yoga pose to help build strength and flexibility in this free video.
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Elizabeth Cafferky Elizabeth Cafferky is a yoga instructor at Yoga Yoga studio in Austin, Texas. More information about her and about Yoga Yoga can be found at www.yogayoga.com. read more
So the last pose, Bull Seat Pose, is a hip opener and a shoulder opener. So you want to make sure you're stacking your knees evenly on top of each other with your seatbones evenly connecting you to the floor. If that doesn't feel comfortable, you can straighten your bottom leg out to try but stack your knees there. Extend your arms out to the side. The knee that is on top, that arm can lift up. Other hand comes behind you, working towards holding your fingertips, widening your elbows, draw your arm bones into your shoulders, keep your chest open. You might stay here. If you want a deeper stretch you can hinge forward and slowly begin to extend your torso over your legs. Feeling your breath, try to let go. Release tightness from the lower back. Make sure your abdominals draw back towards your spine. And then exhale, lifting yourself back up. You can extend the arms out and unwind your legs.