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Text Box: Start in a down dog with hands a foot away from the wall. Walk feet a little in towards hands. As you are spotting where the wall and floor meet, kick one leg up in the air as you push off with the other. As you do this you want to bring the hips towards the wall to get them over your shoulders. Once you are up. Extend legs and feet up towards the ceiling. There is a lot of strength in the legs involved for this pose, do not rely on your arms to do all the work. Let your head hang between arms, with your focus into the center of the room. Hold for a few breaths and each time you return see if you can hold a little longer until eventually you are there for a minute (it can be done!!!!)

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If you are having trouble, continue working on the kick up or have a friend assist you with the first leg as you bring the other legs up to the wall.
Text Box: This issue we celebrate this beautiful season of rebirth. If you are in the need for some rejuvenation in your life, this is the issue for you. Enjoy!

Happy Spring!
Text Box: Now the fun part . . . let your hands dive out ahead of you. Allow your belly to roll on to the floor as your legs fly up in the air. As the body begins to swing back with momentum and core strength, let the hands return to the floor under your shoulders. Repeat! Repeat! Repeat! Release out of the backbend and rest in Child’s Pose Text Box: Begin on your belly. Bring your hands to the floor close the waist line so that the elbows align over the wrists. Press down through your hands firmly; engage your abs as you begin to a move into a backbend. Let the backbend come from the upper back (thoracic spine and shoulder blades) moving into the front body. Fully extend the arms, if you can, without the shoulders coming up. Make sure this is supported by the back and the abdominals, as well as the arms.

Pilates Pose:  Swan Dive

Featured Poses    

In this exercise avoid being too controlling or holding back. Find the grace in this exercise by letting go. Enjoy the ride- it doesn’t always have to be hard work.

Yoga Pose:  Handstand (at the wall)

Being upside down can be frightening for some people. (Yes, I was scared at first!) Once you are up you are able to get past the fear and see life from a new perspective.

PHOEBE KELLY

Private Yoga and Pilates Training

Move Your Core New York

Featured Poses:

 

¨ Pilates: Swan Dive

¨ Yoga: Hand Stand (at the wall)

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These exercises can be a lot fun. Let go of the fear and let’s yourself play, play, play!!!!

Words for Thought

“Don’t give into fears … if you do, you won’t be able to talk to your heart”    -Paulo Coelho

Back in January I attended a month long Vibe-a-Thon™ Workshop with my teacher, JeanMarie Paolillo. During this time, I was able to reconnect with my passion for dance. Since then, I have been able to awaken something inside of me that I thought was no longer there and really bring it back to life. Now I am dancing again and happier than ever, all thanks to yoga!! This issue I would like to share with you a couple of things that helped me along the way so that you too can reconnect or even connect with something new in your life.

1. Ask questions. I had to really sit down and do some soul searching. There were a lot of issues that came up when I was thinking about returning to dance.  Journal writing or talking with a close friend are good ways to get it out there. Some questions that came up for me; why was it not in my life anymore? What was holding me back?

2. Positive Mental Attitude. The Vibe-a-Thon™ was all about visualization and creating a positive vibe with desires.  I was asked to change my negative view of things holding me back by writing a solution or a positive spin. I keep this piece of paper in the front cover of my daily planner. It is folded up and says “Good Vibes” on the front. Whenever the doubts start to creep

into my head I just look at it and it brings me back on track.

3. Baby Steps. I was overwhelmed with my initial goal. So I downsized. First, it was to get back into dance classes. Then once that was easy I added to go to an audition, and so on. The doubts didn’t seem to come up as much and it really made me appreciate the journey of all the steps involved, not just the final goal. Remember, life is the journey not the destination!

4. Write it all down (especially in the beginning). I did this through my journal. Not everyone is a journal writer though so make it something that you can relate to whether it is a recipe “For Success” or a “Things to Do” list. Think of when you sit down and write a list of errands and how good you feel as you check them off as you go along. Again this will help you see the path you are making for yourself along the way to your goal.

 

These are just a few things that helped me. The Vibe-a-Thon™ was an amazing experience. If you ever have the chance to participate, I highly recommend it. Please feel free to share!! I would love to hear what works for you when taking on a new task or reviving an old connection.