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Published May 5, 2020 at 10:00 a.m.
Try this fun balancing pose this spring!
Benefits:
- Strengthens core muscles and arms
- Opens hips and chest
- Improves balance and concentration
Steps:
- Sit down with the soles of your feet together.
- Bring your hands to the floor behind you for support and engage your core muscles.
- Lift your feet into the air.
- Try this challenge: Hold on to your ankles and lift your feet into the air!
Have Fun!
- Act out The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle or other plant-related books.
- Head to the garden to plant flowers and try this pose outside!
- Try to "smell your flower" by bringing your toes to your nose.
Pose description courtesy of Susan Cline Lucey of Evolution Prenatal & Family Yoga Center in Burlington and Essex. Find online classes for kids and adults at evolutionprentalandfamily.com.
This article was originally published in Seven Days' monthly parenting magazine, Kids VT.
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