Get into it
1. Start in downward facing dog. Inhale and draw your torso forward until the arms are perpendicular to the floor and your shoulders are directly over your wrists. Your torso should be parallel to the floor.
2. Press your outer arms inward and press the basis of your index fingers into the floor. Firm your shoulder blades against your back and then spread them away from your spine. Spread your collarbone away from the sternum.
3. Press your front thighs up toward the ceiling. As you do so, resist your tailbone toward the floor and lengthen it toward the heels. Lift the base of the skull away from the back of the neck and look straight down at the floor.
4. If you want to deepen the pose, open up the space between the shoulder blades. As you press the outer arms inward, push the inner borders of the shoulder blades into this resistance. Make sure you do not narrow across the collar bones in order to do this. Hold the pose for up to one minute.
Benefits: -Helps tone the abdomen -strengthens the arms, wrists and spine Kristin McGee is a celebrity Yoga & Pilates instructor and Fila’s Fitness Brand Ambassador, whose fresh and unique approach to fitness has a loyal following of A-list celebrities, athletes and models.
She has appeared on national morning shows, is Health Magazine’s Contributing Fitness and Yoga Editor and leads Yoga Retreats around the world. Kristin has a new app, http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/yoga-pilates-kristin-mcgee/id501655930?mt=8,
