Tip of the Week: Improve Your Eagle

 Benefits:

• Works into the major joints of the body appendages: Shoulders, elbows and wrists; Hips, knees and ankles
• Good for central nervous system
• Facilitates lymphatic function, improving immune system
• Improves mobility of hip joints
• Improves balance
• Strengthens legs
• Good for varicose veins

Tips:

• To help with balance, focus on one spot directly ahead of you in the mirror. Or, for a more powerful mediation, look into your own eyes with a soft focus.
• Work on symmetrical hip alignment. Both hips facing the mirror evenly, one not higher than the other.
• We have a tendency to lean forward and hunch over the knees and toes. Visualize yourself sliding down a wall with your shoulders and upper back flat against it.
• The tighter you squeeze your legs together, and the more you engage your core, the more stability you'll have.
• Work on arching your upper body back more with your inhales and sitting down more with your exhales.

Check that you:

• Keep your chest up high at all times
• Never lean forward to ‘sit down low’
• Weight is in the heel, with your shoulders stacked evenly above your hips