Push
your low belly toward the spine, and keep your hips open while drawing your knees toward your shoulders.
Not exact matches
Hold her
lower legs and bend her knees
toward her
belly to help push out air, then move her legs in and out in a circular motion to keep the air in her tummy moving up.
Massage beginning at the
lower right abdominal area and moving up, cross the body horizontally right above the
belly button, on the left side slowly move down and
toward center following the large intestine.
Press the ball mounds of your feet
toward the sky and lift the
low belly.
As you inhale, draw your
belly button
toward the spine and engage your
lower abs, then extend your right arm and left leg and lift them off the floor until they form a straight line with the rest of your body, keeping the spine neutral.
Unless your pelvis and hips activate into a front tilt and move
toward the
belly button during contraction, your
lower abs won't be properly engaged.
Exercises will include drawing your pelvic floor up into your pelvic outlet and holding it for endurance as well as short, quick contractions; strengthening your
lower abdominals (transversus abdominus) while drawing your pelvic floor up
toward your
belly button; and also strengthening the support muscles of your deep hip rotators, your
lower back and your inner thighs.
If your front ribs jut up sharply
toward the ceiling, it's a sign of tight groins, which pulls your front pelvis
toward your knees and causes your
belly and
lower back to tense.
See that your
lower front ribs aren't protruding sharply
toward the ceiling, which hardens the
belly and compresses the
lower back.
A woman's
belly and baby are supported in Tabletop Pose by her abdominal muscles, ensuring the spine isn't pulled
toward the floor, pronouncing the curve in her
lower back.
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.
Tone your
lower belly and then shift forward in space just enough so that your feet become light and float up
toward your buttocks.
Notice what happens as you hug your shin in deeply
toward your torso: Your
lower belly contracts and your back body expands.
Push the floor away with your hands to round your spine, and lift your
belly toward your
lower back as you press your upper back
toward the ceiling.
Using your arms, gently pull the heel of your right foot in
toward the
lower - left quadrant of your
belly.
As you progress, draw your
belly up
toward your
lower back, your breastbone
toward your upper back, and your head
toward the front of your tailbone to round the spine more.