Asanas for the Abdominal Muscles
Iyengar
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1h 7m
Here we take simple postures to work the muscles in the back. We also do a few hip opening poses to increase the flexibility of the joints and together we learn how to take more advanced balancing postures. Today we take navasana as our main focus and try different ways to approach it
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