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Side Kicks Kneeling

Side Kicks Kneeling

Further challenge your stability and strength with this powerful series. Remember to breathe! 3-5 reps of each. Add circles, bicycle, hand behind head to up-level. These are a further prep for the single arm side bends.
Neck Pull

Neck Pull

This elusive exercise will teach your body spinal articulation through control, precision, breath! Fine-tune your true abdominal strength, hip power, mobility, and flexibility in your whole body. Reps: 5
Swimming

Swimming

The “Swimming” exercise pumps fresh oxygen through your bloodstream, lengthens your spine, opens your hips, improves abdominal support for back strengthening, and is much like The Hundred in terms of pace and flow. Modify simply by not moving the arms....
Corkscrew

Corkscrew

Corkscrew is in the Mat series to both stabilize and open hips, challenge your oblique muscles, and aid detoxification through the twisting action and complete exhale.  Practice daily 3-5 rotations in each direction.  Add the hip lift only if you can maintain strong...
Spine Twist

Spine Twist

The Spine Twist makes space in the spine from bottom to top!  Repeat three times, making sure pelvis is rooted and abdominals are as *lifted* as possible.  Watch out for twisting from “the shoulders” or the “hips,” most rotation in our spine is...