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Level: Beginner
Time: 1 mins 46 secs
Calf Stretch - Seated
If you are looking for a gentle, easy way to get a deep stretch in your calf, this calf stretch is the way to go. While seated comfortably you are able to use a strap or tie to deepen or lessen the stretch with ease.
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Yoga Pose

Sanskrit Name: Dhanurasana
Level: Intermediate
Time: 2 mins 46 secs
Bow Pose
Bow pose is a fantastic stretch for the spine, abdominals, hip flexors, biceps and pecs. It is an all-around, great total body-opening backbend. Be sure to engage your core muscles, encouraging the spine to bend evenly, rather than pivoting in the lower back.
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Yoga Pose

Sanskrit Name: Parivrtta Trikonasana
Level: Beginner
Time: 2 mins 45 secs
Revolved Triangle
Parivrtta means revolved; trikona is a triangle. This pose is a counter pose to Utthita Trikonasana and is a fantastic opening for the hips, hamstrings, lower back, spine and shoulders.
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Yoga Pose

Level: Beginner
Time: 3 mins 25 secs
Piriformis Stretch
If you have problems with sciatica, or you simply have tight hips and hamstrings, add this stretch to you repertoire. It specifically isolates the external rotators of the hip, including the piriformis, a muscle that is commonly responsible for the pain and nerve impingement associated with sciatica.
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Yoga Pose

Sanskrit Name: Ananda Balasana
Level: Beginner
Time: 1 mins 36 secs
Happy Baby/Dead Bug Pose
Happy Baby Pose is a great stretch, especially for the lower back. It gets deep into the lumbar vertebrae, stretching the erector spinae muscles by shifting the lower spine toward the floor and stretching the back of the legs by moving the feet behind the head.
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Yoga Pose

Sanskrit Name: Natarajasana
Level: Advanced
Time: 6 mins 9 secs
Dancer's Pose Natarajasana
Natarajasana - Nata is a dancer; raja is a lord or king. Fiji takes you through a few versions dancer's pose that are progressively more difficult, finishing with full Natarajasana. This pose requires a significant amount of flexilbility in the hip flexors and spine, as well as an unwavering sense of balance.
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Yoga Pose

Level: Beginner
Time: 1 mins 2 secs
Deltoid Stretch
This stretch isolates the deltoid muscle. Be sure to lengthen the arm across the chest as much as you can, and feel free to play around with the angle to get different fibres within the muscle.
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Yoga Pose

Sanskrit Name: Uttanasana
Level: Beginner
Time: 3 mins 34 secs
Standing forward bend

Ut is deliberation or intensity; tan means to stretch. This posture increases the flexibility in the posterior side of body. When hinging from the hips, engage the muscles in the front of the body, especially the core muscles, by drawing the navel into spine. This will enable a greater release in the hamstrings, calves and back.


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Yoga Pose

Sanskrit Name: Parivrtta Ardha Chandrasana
Level: Advanced
Time: 4 mins 12 secs
Revolved Half Moon Pose
This balancing twist involves a torso rotation which strengthens the core, cleanses the digestive organs and increases mobility in the spine. The standing leg is being toned and stretched, especially in the outer gluteal muscles and in the IT band. Be sure to engage the quadricep of the standing leg and avoid locking the knee.
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Yoga Pose

Sanskrit Name: Tittibhasana
Level: Advanced
Time: 2 mins 42 secs
FireFly Pose
Tittibha is a firefly. This arm balance incorporates core strength with flexibility in the legs. Once the lower body is lifted from the mat, the pose further strengthens the wrists and shoulders. In order to stay elevated, the lower body must find balance in distributing weight and energy equally forward and back.
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Yoga Pose

Sanskrit Name: Ardha Chandrasana
Level: Intermediate
Time: 5 mins 13 secs
Halfmoon Pose

Ardha means half; Chandra is the moon. This beautiful pose is challenging due to its demand on the strength and flexibility of the legs, as well as on you ability to balance and stay focused.


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Yoga Pose

Sanskrit Name: Utthita Trikonasana
Level: Beginner
Time: 3 mins 54 secs
Triangle Pose (Extended)

Trikona means triangle (tri is three; kona is angle). It both stretches and strengthens the legs, while also stretching the torso and shoulders. It is important to keep the back of the front leg active to avoid knee hyperextension.


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Yoga Pose

Sanskrit Name: Virabhadrasana III
Level: Intermediate
Time: 2 mins 25 secs
Warrior III Pose

This is a great pose to challenge your balance, strength and focus. Try to keep your gaze fixed and your mind quiet, feeling all of the subtle shifts that happen in the body.


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Yoga Pose

Level: Beginner
Time: 0 mins 53 secs
Strengthening Exercise for the Lats and Traps

This pose stretches the latissimus dorsi and teres major of the top arm and the biceps and anterior deltoid muscles of the lower arm.


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Yoga Pose

Level: Beginner
Time: 1 mins 30 secs
Quadricep Stretch - Standing

This stretch is nice when you dont have a lot of time, or if you have very tight quadricep muscles. The stretch focuses on the middle quadricep muscle, the rectus femoris, which extends across both the hip and knee joints.


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Yoga Pose

Level: Beginner
Time: 2 mins 39 secs
Seated Pec and Lat Stretch with a Strap

This pose stretches the latissimus dorsi and teres major of the top arm and the biceps and anterior deltoid muscles of the lower arm.


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Yoga Pose

Level: Beginner
Time: 1 mins 27 secs
Neck Stretch: Sternocleidomastoid

This pose stretches the muscles that simply dont get stretched enough... muscles that on many are chronically tight and can cause headaches. Those muscles include the sternocleidomastoid and the anterior scalenes.


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Yoga Pose

Level: Beginner
Time: 1 mins 40 secs
Posterior Hand Clasp

This is a fantastic stretch for the shoulders, allowing for the option of using a strap, rope or sock if you are unable to clasp your hands. This shoulder stretch reaches a wide variety of muscles, including the bicep, pectoralis, teres minor and infraspinatus in the bottom arm; the tricep and latissimus dorsi in the top arm.


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Yoga Pose

Level: Beginner
Time: 1 mins 4 secs
Neck Stretch: Side Stretch

This move stretches the muscles on the side of the neck, including the Upper Trapezius, Scalenes and Erector Spinae.


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Yoga Pose

Level: Beginner
Time: 0 mins 48 secs
Neck Stretch: Rotation

One of the ways that we accumulate tension in our neck is by turning it quickly to look at something without awareness of how it feels. This pose focuses on ensuring that you have proper alignment while improving your necks range of motion.


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Yoga Pose

Level: Beginner
Time: 1 mins 35 secs
Neck Stretch: Levator Scapula
There is no better stretch that gets the muscle that attaches to the shoulder blade from the neck, the Levator Scapula. This can be a chronically tight muscle for many, making this stretch a great source of relief.
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Yoga Pose

Level: Beginner
Time: 0 mins 50 secs
Neck Stretch: Circles
Moving your head in slow, gentle circles is a great warm up exercise before stretching and a nice way to complete a series of neck stretches. If you are suffering from whiplash, post fracture or disc problems, either avoid this move or be very careful.
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Yoga Pose

Level: Beginner
Time: 1 mins 40 secs
Neck Stretch: Anterior Scalenes

This stretch is designed to access the anterior scalenes, a layer of deeper neck muscles that cover both sides of the neck. They are often quite tender and tight, so this stretch can provide a lot of relief.


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Yoga Pose

Level: Beginner
Time: 3 mins 9 secs
Lying Straight Leg Hamstring Stretch

This is one of the more effective hamstring stretches due to the fact that it is passive, allowing you to focus more easily on relaxing the stretching muscle.


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