Stretching: Need I say more…The student’s are stretching their hamstrings (inner thigh)
*Start on your back, face up
*Use a towel, yoga strap, or hand to hold onto the ball of the foot
* Either fully extend leg to the side or keep the leg bent if you have tight hamstrings
*Opposite arm is resting to the side into the floor
*Leg that is on the floor is still active, find length in the leg
*Engage abdominals, drawing the navel to spine
1. Favorite running sneakers
2. Keeps your head warm when outside and you can keep your ponytail
3 & 4. Great tools to help relax tight muscles, and they can be used before and after your workouts
5. Keeps track of your target heart rate and calories burned
6. Manduka yoga mats are a great brand
7. A must have yoga prop when practicing yoga
8. Makes it easy to carry your yoga mat, with a convenient storage pocket
9. Prevents your sweaty hands from sliding during your yoga practice
10. Breathable athletic socks that will keep you warm
Stephanie Watt is practicing a single leg squat on a platform with dumbbells. Both legs are engaged. The supporting leg is working hard for stabilization and balance. The quadricep, gluteus, hamstring muscles are also working hard. The working leg reaches back, foot grazes the floor, then moves forward into a crane pose.
*NOTES-Exercise can be done without dumbbells and a smaller platform.
Bosu Balance is one of my favorite exercises to practice!
Dancer, Laura Murawski is working on finding her center of balance in a arabesque and ponche.
Whether your a dancer or not, work on balancing on the Bosu trainer. You can balance on both sides of the Bosu, and stand on it with both feet.
practicing yoga with Jocelyn Reed, Lauren Bates, Will M. Dillard-Jackson 
