Warm up Instructions
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1) Start by sitting in vajrasana (sitting on your heels with your arms by your side). Eyes are open and soft. Relax into a soft smile.
2) As you inhale, blissfully sweep your arms up over your head, making this movement as slow and graceful as possible.
3) As you exhale, fold forward at your hips and sweep your arms forward. Gently bring your hands and forehead down onto the floor into shashankasana (hare pose).
4) As you inhale, stand up on your hands and knees, lift your heart and arch your spine inwards into chakravakrasana (cat pose).
5) Curl your toes underneath, lift your hips up into the air, and as you exhale, gently stretch the back of the legs as you encourage the heels down toward the earth assuming adho mukha svanasana (downward facing dog pose). Let the head relax down and direct a soft and friendly gaze at the floor between your feet.
6) Bring the knees back down onto the floor, point the toes and as you inhale, lift your heart, gently directing the gaze upwards.
7) As you exhale, sit the hips down onto the heels and rest the forehead on the floor with the hands still stretched in front of you.
8) As you inhale, sit back up gracefully sweeping your arms up over your head.
9) Exhale and gracefully allow your arms to float back down by your side.
