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Prayer Twist in Crescent Pose | Strengthen and Balance

Hot Yoga Naperville · 1:53

In this practice

Key teachings

  • Mindful alignment in twists
  • Cultivating balance and stability
  • Core engagement for support

Ideal for

  • Practitioners interested in twisting poses
  • Those working on balance and core strength
  • Intermediate yoga students
  • Yoga teacher trainees focusing on alignment

Lesson

Instructions

Yoga Instructor, Julie K. demonstrates how to do a side angle prayer twist. This pose is great for detoxification, strengthening the legs, increasing balance and flexibility. Julie will be leading a nutrition workshop for our upcoming Yoga Teacher Training in February 2018. Thanks for watching!

Steps

  • Downward-Facing Dog (Adho Mukha Svanasana)
  • Low Lunge (Anjaneyasana)
  • Anjali Asana (Low Lunge with prayer hands)
  • Side body stretch
  • Prayer Twist in Crescent Pose (Parivrtta Anjaneyasana)

Benefits

  • Enhances detoxification through twisting
  • Strengthens legs and core muscles
  • Improves balance and proprioception
  • Increases spinal mobility and flexibility
  • Stimulates abdominal organs

Transcript

I'm Julie Kingston from hot yoga Naperville I'm gonna take you through one of my favorite sequences and we're gonna end up in prayer twist and Crescent so join me so go ahead and get on your mat we're gonna meet in down dog spreading your fingers wide lifting your heels up high and using your exhale to send your heels closer to your mat then on your in-breath send your right leg up high pushing through your heel finding your leg and then step it through for your low lunge drop your back knee flip the top of your foot onto your mat and then walk your hands up you can place your hands on your knee so take a moment to position yourself here sinking a little bit lower and then on your inhale lift your fingers hi Anjali Asin you can come into a tiny little backbend if that feels good reach up reach back and then coming back to Center I like to bring my right hand down sending my left hand over you get a really nice side body stretch here from here take your right hand and see if you can hook it on your back leg and bring your left elbow unto the out and come right into prayer twist curling your back toes under lift your back knee voila we're here feels great

Practice summary

Level
intermediate
Duration
7 minutes
Equipment
yoga mat
Target areas
legscorespinehipsobliques
Energy
energizing

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