Standing Yoga Seal

Dandayamana Yoga Mudrasana

Pronounce: dahn-dah-yahm-nah yo-gah moo-DRAH-sah-nah

Instructions

Stand with your feet hip-width apart. Bring feet parallel. Reach your hands toward the sky with an inhale, palms facing each other. Bend your knees with an exhale and shift your hips back and down. Interlock your fingers behind you with an inhale. Open your chest. Bend forward with an exhale, keeping your knees bent. Draw your chest toward your thighs and reach your arms up and forward. Relax your neck. Lift your torso with an inhale, release your hands and reach your hands toward the sky. Repeat this movement. Alignment Cues: Draw shoulder blades together Keep neck in line with spine Keep knees bent, aligned over ankles Inhale and reach arms up, exhale and bend knees Inhale and interlock fingers Exhale and bend forward
Exercise Name: Standing Yoga Seal Instruction: Stand with your feet hip-width apart. Bring feet parallel. Reach your hands toward the sky with an inhale, palms facing each other. Bend your knees with an exhale and shift your hips back and down. Interlock your fingers behind you with an inhale. Open your chest. Bend forward with an exhale, keeping your knees bent. Draw your chest toward your thighs and reach your arms up and forward. Relax your neck. Lift your torso with an inhale, release your hands and reach your hands toward the sky. Repeat this movement. Alignment Cues: Draw shoulder blades together Keep neck in line with spine Keep knees bent, aligned over ankles Inhale and reach arms up, exhale and bend knees Inhale and interlock fingers Exhale and bend forward Primary Body Parts: Hamstrings, Quadriceps, Shoulders, Upper Back & Lower Traps Secondary Body Parts: Chest, Glutes & Hip Flexors, Triceps, Spine Equipments: Categories: Forward bends, Inversions, Standing, Warm-ups