Basic Guidelines for Practicing Yoga:

• Set a specific time to practice yoga every day
• Practice free from noise and distractions
• Set aside a certain amount of time a day to practice
• Get In touch with your breath and move your body with your breath
• Perform a set sequence to start your practice
• Do a warm up before your routine, a cool down after, and a quiet relaxation to calm the mind and the body
• Attend classes to keep yourself inspired and motivated
• Always express gratitude in your life and keep your heart and body open
• Keep your mind and body open and flexible

It is important to develop flexibility in your spine. If the ribs are flared or collapsed - spinal flow, breathing, and core stability is impeded. As a result, pain and dysfunction can arise. Bring your attention to your thoracolumbar junction.  This junction is where the lower thoracic and upper lumbar connect.  Notice if your ribs are flared (overextension) or slumped (excess flexion).  Now, pay attention to the movement of your breath. Feel a connection between your ribs and pelvis by engaging the abdomen. The deep core muscles, pelvic floor muscles, psoas, iliacus, multifidi, and quadratus lumborum facilitate action of the rectus abdominis and the external and internal obliques.  If the ribs are over flexed or extended, then the link between the pelvis and abdominals will be lost.

Take 5 deeps breaths in, Pause for 1 second, and take 5 deep breaths out for 5 cycles

Feel your body when you breathe and sense how your ribs move when you breathe.

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