Chest Lift

1. Lying on your back, knees bent, legs together. Interlace your fingers and place them behind your head. Press your head lighting into your hands, and find your elbows in your peripheral view. Bring energy to the inner thighs.

2. Inhale to prepare, and exhale to lift the head, neck and chest. Eyes looking toward your thighs. Try to curl up just until you feel the tip of your shoulder blades leave the mat.

3. Inhale to pause, breathing through the ribs; Exhale to lower back to the mat.

Contraindictions:
Flexion
Spondylolisthesis

Precautions:
Hypertension
Inversion
Osteoarthritis
Parkinson’s

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Chest Lift