The best way to make a productive start on your way to becoming a post-50 Power Yoga practitioner is to work with a beginning-level routine. If you find that the routine is too difficult, don’t hesitate to use props and/or modifications. And you don’t need to work through the entire routine right off the bat. You can try practicing a half or a third of the routine, cutting down the number of recommended repetitions, and so on. In other words, make the workout work for you.
Just remember to do at least a 15-minute relaxation (and here, more is better) wherever and whenever you end!
Follow these steps:
Move into the persuading posture and hold for 5 breaths.
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Credit: Photograph by Raul MarroquinPerform five repetitions of the upside-down walker pose.
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Credit: Photograph by Raul MarroquinPerform two repetitions of the cat stretch.
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Credit: Photographs by Raul MarroquinPerform two repetitions of the seated forward bend.
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Credit: Photograph by Raul MarroquinMove into the cobra pose for two repetitions, holding each for 5 breaths.
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Credit: Photograph by Raul MarroquinAssume the bridge pose and hold for 5 breaths.
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Credit: Photograph by Raul MarroquinDo a spine toner for 5 breaths.
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Credit: Photograph by Raul MarroquinDo one repetition of the missing link upward transition pose.
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Credit: Photographs by Raul MarroquinMove into an extended side angle and hold for 5 breaths.
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Credit: Photograph by Raul MarroquinDo one repetition of the missing link downward transition pose.
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Credit: Photographs by Raul MarroquinMove into a shoulder stand and hold for 5 to 20 breaths.
Choose whichever pose is more comfortable.
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Credit: Photographs by Raul MarroquinRelax with yoga breathing for 5 breaths.
Lie in the corpse posture for deep relaxation for 15 to 30 minutes.
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