Sentences with phrase «lifted leg»

Iyengar is allowing his hips to turn and shifting his weight to one side in order to wrap his lifted leg.

Your lifted leg can stay bent or hold it straight out behind you.

Engaging these muscles acts to lift, rotate and stabilize the pelvis on the side of the lifted leg (in a fashion similar to what we learned with the Trendelenberg Test).

Support the lifted leg by pressing the raised foot against a wall or hooking its front ankle over the top edge of a chair back.

Bring attention to the lifted leg.

More challenging in this shape than straightening the lifted leg is broadening the collarbones, supporting the low back with a strong belly and shining the heart up toward the ceiling.

Lengthen through the side body, and let gravity pull the foot of your lifted leg toward the floor behind you.

The hip point of the lifted leg will want to open.

To maintain steadiness in the shape, the knee of the lifted leg needs to parallel to the bent, standing knee.

Note: Since you are trying to isolate the hamstring and calf in this stretch, do not move your lifted leg beyond 90 degrees, even if you have the flexibility to do so.

Straighten your lifted leg up to the ceiling or try bending it and placing your ankle on the thigh of the opposite leg (the one still on the floor) for a hip opener.

The second variation stretches the lifted leg's adductor muscles and can help address asymmetries in the pelvis and sacrum and relieve sciatic pain.

Lift one leg and the opposite hand from the ground, move the lifted leg under the supporting leg while turning your torso.

Open the chest and extend the lifted leg to the side, being careful not to swing the supporting hip out to the side.

Work to keep hips from tipping to the side with the lifted leg.

Keep the lifted leg bent in this Svarga Dvijasana variation — Bird of Paradise with a bent leg.

From all of this sensory input, you can tell whether your body is where you want it to be — for example, whether your lifted leg is too far forward or back for an optimal Ardha Chandrasana.

After five breaths of balancing on one leg with the other leg lifted off the floor at 90 degrees, you forward bend over the lifted leg, bringing your shin toward your nose and nose toward your shin.

Single Leg Bridge Lifts - Really lift and squeeze with your glutes and keep your lifted leg straight.

This pose begins to challenge our balance while finding strength and stability in the standing leg, while stretching the hamstring of the lifted leg.

The back of the lifted shoulder and the triceps help to extend through the elbow to create a bow - shape with the lifted leg.

The best tip I learned was to use a strap around the lifted leg and inch my hand overhead closer toward my foot slowly, while using a wall for support with the extended arm for balancing, focusing on one thing at a time instead of many.

As you extend your lifted leg while pushing the floor away from you, be careful not to lock the knee of the standing leg.

The glutes work with the psoas of lifted leg to keep it from floating back, as the oblique abdominals allow the side of your trunk to bend.

Tips: For better balance, keep your standing leg slightly bent while you lengthen out through your body and lifted leg.

You could see just before «the kick» which was really nothing, Costa was closing in to give another muttering, and Gab lifted his leg to keep him away, bearing the physical marks of already having been physically assaulted by Costa.

Tell Me What to Do: In Pure Barre, you become a «trained listener» for instructions: «lift your leg, turn out to open your hip, tuck your hips under...» It is so helpful when teachers use the same familiar language in very specific ways to direct what they want.

The simple version: Do not lift the leg, just lift your upper body.

When you can barely lift your legs like a drunk to a soup kitchen, when you lose the will to wipe the nose - sickles that turn you into a gross caricature to be pitied.

Last week I jumped head first, well maybe legs first, into lifting my legs again!

I think we need a step or something, lifting your legs over the halo is not easy.

A dog has got ta keep lifting the leg to keep the scent fresh...

Lift both legs up and prop one up on a doorway.

Relieve gas or excess air: With your baby lying on her back, either push her knees towards her tummy or lift her legs up then push them down to a lotus position.

Slide the back of the nappy under your baby by lifting his legs up.

An efficient «exercise» for your baby to help her poop is to lay her down on her back, lift her legs up and shake then a little bit.

By reclining the seat and lifting the leg rest all the way, you can create a bed - like environment for your little one.

To lift the leg rest up all you need to do is push it up with your hand.

Soon your baby will be lifting their legs and working their lower abdominal muscles themselves.

I like that you can lift the leg rest and recline the back of the seat creating a bassinet - like environment so your child can take a long nap.

cant lift my legs very much so walking is painful as is getting out of bed, sleeping, sitting, standing.

The gentle back support discourages rolling onto your back during the night, which can restrict blood flow to both mother and baby, the leg support is designed to take the pressure off your tummy and back by gently lifting your leg whilst you sleep.

You can either lift his legs or roll him gently to one side and then the other.

Check if (s) he is in a deep sleep by lifting a leg or arm.

By lifting his legs and moving them in the manner that is similar to peddling a bike, you can actually help relieve the pain and pressure in his abdomen.

Holding onto their hands, lift your leg straight up.

Dress baby in loose clothing with loose diaper waistbands; avoid «slumped over» or bent positions; for example, roll baby on his side rather than lifting legs toward tummy for diaper changes.

I love that I can put is completely flat and lift the leg rest up so my little one can take a long nap in a bed like environment.

It can also provide a bassinet type of environment for your little one by lifting the leg rest up and using the hidden material under the leg rest to enclose the sides of the stroller.

Another one of my favorite features is that since it has a deep incline, I can lift the leg rest up and recline the seat flat so I can let my little one nap in comfort.