Activate your whole body as though you were doing Tadasana on your back, with
your arms reaching toward the wall.
In this pose, it's just the opposite: The left knee on the floor keeps the pelvis fixed while your left
arm reaches toward the left to create spinal rotation.
Not exact matches
You
reach your loving
arms out
toward my sleeping child as if you're sent from above to hold him at the easiest point of his day, but once he's awake and demands interaction, I'll know to expect him back.
Goose bumps, shivering, extensor movements of the
arms, rapid flexion of the elbows, elevation of the
arms above the bed, crossing of the hands,
reaching of the hands
toward the neck, forced exhalation, and thoracic respiratory - like movements... These complex sequential movements are felt to be release phenomena from the spinal cord including the upper cervical cord and do not [emphasis author's] mean that the patient is no longer brain dead.»
With chest lifted, lower into a squat and
reach arms toward ground.
If you feel balanced,
reach your
arm up
toward the sky and look up.
Lift your legs off the ground; at the same time, lift your upper body and twist your torso to
reach your left
arm toward your feet.
Keeping back flat and abs tight, bend left knee slightly and hinge forward from hips;
reach right hand
toward floor as you extend your right leg and left
arm back.
As you lift one
arm overhead with your palm facing inward,
reach and lean
toward the opposite side of the
arm raised (b).
Exhale and bend knees, bringing thighs
toward the floor while drawing shoulder blades down and
reaching arms past ears.
Come forward onto your knees, drop your butt back
toward your heels and
reach your
arms out in front of you and putting your chest down to the ground.
Extend and
reach forward while rounding spine down; push and lengthen
arms forward as though rowing,
reaching weights
toward toes (B).
Exhale and
reach your
arms toward your toes, palms facing in (shown).
Pull your belly button
toward the floor, then raise your right leg as you
reach both
arms toward your right foot at the same time.
How to do it: Lying on your back, start with your legs straight up, toes pointed
toward the ceiling and
arms reaching forward.
Bring one
arm toward your chest, then lift your hips to tabletop and
reach that
arm over your head (c).
Cinch the bottom side - waist, and
reach your opposite
arm strongly
toward the ceiling to avoid collapsing your bottom shoulder.
With your left knee on the floor or on a block,
reach toward the ceiling with your left
arm.
Rotate
toward the mat as you lower your
arm, and
reach it beneath your body while lifting your hips as high as you can.
Balancing on one leg,
reach toward the floor with the opposite
arm, keeping the supporting leg slightly bent.
Extend both
arms by your sides,
reaching toward your feet.
Flex your front foot and take a deep inhale as you lengthen your spine, then as you exhale lean forward from the hips,
reaching your
arms toward the wheel or your shins as you keep your back straight.
Extend your left
arm straight up
toward the ceiling, then turn the left palm to face
toward your head and with an inhalation
reach the
arm over the back of your left ear, palm facing the floor.
Raise your
arms perpendicular to the floor (and parallel to each other), and
reach actively through the little - finger sides of the hands
toward the ceiling.
At the same time, lift your torso and raise your
arms to
reach your fingers
toward your toes (b).
When you feel ready to come out of Parighasana, use the inhalation to lift your left
arm straight up
toward the ceiling, draw your spine back to vertical, and
reach your two
arms horizontally once again.
Now twist your torso and
reach your right
arm overhead and forward
toward your left foot.
From that position, simultaneously keep your
arms straight and lift the heels of both hands off the ground until you
reach your first knuckle, pause and then slowly return
toward the ground only lightly touching your palms back down and then push up again.
Reach your
arms straight forward or
reach up
toward your shins as you are able.
Finally,
reach your right
arm over your right ear
toward your left foot and press your left hand into the floor to rotate your breastbone
toward the sky.
At the end of the
reach, begin to shift the hips to the right and pull the
arm up
toward the ceiling while rotating the thoracic spine.
Lift the same foot off of the floor and
reach toward the ceiling with the parallel
arm.
Inhale and
reach your
arms toward the sky with palms facing each other.
Your
arms reach straight across
toward your knees, parallel to the floor, like the deck of a ship on calm seas.
Lifting your foot off the ground,
reach your
arms forward to hold your shin, and draw your knee gently
toward your chest.
I did not know then what kind of living thing I would become, but the guard didn't let me have a chance to think about it — he grasped my
arm and dragged me till Pearl assured him that she'd support me, and she put her
arm around my waist as we were led away with the triplets, away from the ramp and into the dust, onto a little road that led past the sauna and
toward the crematoria, and as we marched into this new distance with death rising up on either side of us, we saw bodies on a cart, saw them heaped and blackened, and one of the bodies — it was
reaching out its hand, it was grasping for something to hold, as if there were some invisible tether in the air that only the neardead could see.
But in this room, the backside of Pearls is revealed: two
arms of the necklace
reach down the wall, seeming to
reach toward the parrots for connection.