SUPER Fun Partner Yoga Poses! | Yoga for Couples or Friends

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welcome to the libman club channel I'm Taylor right and I'm Tommy Mac and this valentine's day we want to bring you a partner z over the practice you can grab anyone for this practice it can be your boyfriend your girlfriend your mom your dad your sister your best friend just grab a partner because it's for everyone yeah yeah let's start so we're going to start out in a comfortable seated position back-to-back so any position here can be a right or your left foot out in front whatever is the most comfortable for you I'm gonna sit up nice and tall really allow your weight to settle back against your partner palms facing down against your knees so what you're going to want to do to start is just allow your eyes to close here so this first pose is for grounding as you start to connect to your partner's breath so you'll want to breathe together so in the Holly nice and slow and that's taking out a couple more times together in how slow exhale let's go one time together deep breath through the nose open mouth side [Music] just feeling your body settled and on your next inhale one part instead of slowly reach your arms up overhead and then exhale I'm going to just allow my body to start to relax over us Tommy starts to fold forward right here so my body is completely soft and heavy and then he can even grab my eyes and allow them to gently pull a little bit more this is going to help my shoulders open a little deeper so I'm really making sure that you're breathing together here going three more breaths every exhale you can fold a little bit deeper [Music] and last and how here yeah that's how nice and slow I'm gonna gently start to rise so let's go ahead and reach your arms out wide I'm gonna grab Tommy's arms for this one take an inhale first then exhale I'm going to start to fold over it Tommy sort of fold I'm gonna just allow his arms to relax here taking about three more breaths you'll want to check in with your partner and see if this is comfortable for them if this is okay speaking one more breath right here nice and slow inhale right I'm gonna gently start to come back up sitting up nice and tall again against each other and say here take one deep inhale through the nose exhale okay so from here we're gonna start to move into nice gentle twist go ahead and bring your right knee in an event araignee both partners back so that inner left foot connects to the right thigh inhale arms sweep high then under exhale right hand to the left knee and then your left hand reaches back for your partner's thigh or knee so taking a twist when you sit up nice and tall inhale then exhale twist gaze over your left shoulder it's two more times inhale lengthen and exhale one more time [Music] inhale through Center arms earnest sweet hydrates and exhale release right away just gently switching sides your left foot comes back your right foot to the inner left side inhale arms sweep high and then exhale left hand to the right knee right hands behind you to your partners thigh or knee so sit up nice and tall here take an inhale together and exhale twist gaze right two more times in the help back so one more time [Music] slowly back to Center inhale arms are gonna sweep high up overhead and exhale release you cross the knees one not one last time sit up nice and tall together deep breath in through the nose exhale out the mouth so from here we're gonna take turns now for this next one so I'll have Tommy come into a child's pose yeah so feet back near me his knees are nice and wide and feet together there so what I'm gonna do and it kind of depends on the different sized bodies you you're going to be with as your partner so since I mean now she's a little bigger than me I'm gonna start to bring my low back right down to hips low back my feet are flats hands to his low back for support I'm gonna gently start to lay over here my arms gonna reach up overhead so you can keep your feet flat or I'm gonna try to crawl my feet out into straight legs so this is going to help me just allow my body to become a little bit heavier a little bit more deeper here total body weight surrender a nice and soft against is so we'll stay for just about three more breaths and wanting to make sure that you're breathing here together that's for one more full breath cycle inhale and exhale perfect so nice and easy as you start to come out well gently start to bring my hands to his hips his low back with a crow my feet in and gently ease it out and then you'll switch so now I'm gonna find a Child's Pose knees are gonna be wide arms crawl forward for head rest and then since times a little bit bigger and a little bit heavier than meat he's not gonna bring his whole body against me so he'll kind of sit more lower towards the ground and allow his upper back rest over me [Music] and you can reach his arms up overhead grab one ribs if that's comfortable or just allow the arms to relax heavy [Music] you'll stay for a couple more breaths here one more deep breath man yeah that's all so he's gonna slowly start to come out to my low back as he gently presses up awesome so it's nice to feel really really nice with the support of your partner's weight so it's moving to the next one you're going to face your heart we're gonna go feet two feet two straight legs alright so Tommy's a little bit tighter hamstrings so his knees can be bent perfect so feet two feet you're gonna go wrist to wrist grip here and then on our inhale I'm gonna slowly start to sit up tall and then exhale I'm gonna lean back as I allow him to hold over here so I'm gonna go sky straight my legs out inhale slight lift exhale I'm gonna just gently got a little bit deeper so take that two more times inhale and exhale I want his head to relax every time perfect so one more tightening how tiny when eggs household and then stay right here for two deep breaths [Music] let's go one time inhale nice and slow open outside beautiful makes him slow he's gonna start to rise as I take a deep breath in and exhale start to fold in how tiny lips and exhale them a couple more times like that one more time [Music] so I'll stay right here one time together deep breath in and exhale nice and slow starts to come up perfect so we're going to start to scoot and closer this is a fun one three grab you need to find a better grip here so we'll go one at a time we're going to boat pose together so nice and slow start the same side Rises low belly less here's a lot of core strength as you start to come in and go going together one so his legs can be bent that's totally fine if it's a little bit tight legs you want to lean back and pull your heart forward your low belly pulls in let's go three more breaths here deep breath in and that's how good is that or you can even gaze if you see a partner very profitable good two more breaths one more inhale exhale okay so starting to release one hand at a time behind you other one out use your legs together let's go wide legs sit down awesome so from here making sure you have feet to defeat alignment here so this is a really really great one sit up nice and tall fruits together taking it up and exhale ring go right to right grip so again you can grab each other's wrists or forearms here your left shoulder starts to lean behind you as you allow your left arms and dangle so gain starts to move up here so it's really nice they're supporting each other with your weights let's go two more breaths here perfect why more and up then from here to next the metal together left arm sweeps up overhead and then exhale you're going to start to side head over towards our right foot in how lengthen exhale fold to bring your top palm to face down here heart stays open deep breath in and exhale so maybe if you can reach down for your toes or your partner's toes you can find a little bit of a deeper stretch here leaning your chest back gaze moves up one more breath and then how slowly dries and that's how it just pause sit up nice and tall before we switch sides it's a really good stretch right there so let's switch left hand to left wrist or forearm start to lean back your right shoulder drops behind you right arm just dangles nice and loose so again your way it's just guiding your partner's weight back let's go one more inhale next inhale right up to sweep up overhead but acts how you're going to start to side bend over towards your left foot here pinky spirals down deep breath in and every inhale creates your length every exhale takes a little deeper maybe reaching down grabbing your partner's toes here lean back any starts to move up towards the sky take one more breath inhale right exhale release sit up tall one and hell and let's take it to the last one so we're gonna go soles of the feet together give you a little space between you and your partner here and soles the feet together for baddha konasana bound angle pose so same thing here hand to the axe or I'm sorry forearms or wrist grip so sitting up nice and tall and help then I'm gonna lean back connects how Tommy allows his way to fall words in the how nice and slow yeah back up so allowing your partners who communicates you when it's a good spot to stay in brief let's say for two more breaths every exhale the body softens is even more one more deep breath in how slowly start to write X how I'm going to start to fold forward as he leans back in how tiny lift and exhale fold again communicating to your partner when it's a good space to just hold and breathe head is nice and soft here let's go two more breaths why more inhale [Music] nice and slow starting to write and release perfect so that is it you can go ahead and either high-five your partner or give them a kiss or give them up thank you guys happy Valentine's Day you