Move
your shoulder blades away from your neck and draw the tips of your shoulder blades in toward your heart to expand and lift your chest.
Open
your shoulder blades away from the spine and release your hands and arms out to your sides, palms up.
Widen the collarbones and release
the shoulder blades away from the ears.
Draw
the shoulder blades away from the ears.
Roll
your shoulder blades away from your ears.
Pull
your shoulder blades away from each other to avoid collapsing your chest.
Listen and learn: When using a device you have to look down at, your back may round, pulling
your shoulder blades away from your spine, he explains.
Inhale and draw the right
shoulder blade away from the ears and in toward your body as you open the chest.
Not exact matches
While the crackers are still warm from the dehydrator, press down with a knife
blade where you want to slice them, and they
should break
away more or less evenly.
Disposable
blades should be thrown
away after the fourth or fifth use, to avoid cuts or nicks to the skin.
Pull your hands
away from each other, feeling the muscle activity in the back of the
shoulders and between the
shoulder blades.
Bring your
shoulder blades forward and then squeeze them together as you engage your core and push
away from the ground.
Keep your
shoulders away from your ears by pressing through your hands and drawing your
shoulder blades down your back.
Drop
shoulders down
away from ears, bring
shoulder blades together behind you, and breath body forward through your arms.
If your
shoulder blades look like wings on an airplane, press into your palms and work to lift the rib cage up
away from the floor.
Stretch both arms
away from the
shoulder blades, keeping them parallel to the floor.
Take a deep breath as you make your
shoulders blades together, push your hands
away from the body to widen yourself and lift your chest.
Elbow directly under
shoulder, depress
shoulders away from ears, retract
shoulder blades back slightly, head in alignment with spine (look straight ahead).
Press elbows / upper arms into the floor, press heels and feet into the seat pan, lift hips up to knee level, deeply engage the glutes, add a slight pelvic tuck, lift hips a little higher (keep weight across the
shoulder blades and
away from your neck).
From Tadasana Samasthithi, raise your arms straight up, opening up the rib cage and keeping your
shoulder blades dropped
away from your ears.
Roll the
shoulders away from the ears, allowing the
shoulder blades to come closer.
Roll your
shoulders away from your neck and ears so that
shoulder blades are in touch.
Raise the arms up so the elbows are at
shoulder height and push the forearms
away from the body, making the
shoulder blades spread.
You
should be facing
away from the wall, standing tall with your
shoulder blades pulled back.
Turn the arms outward and stretch them
away from the space between the
shoulder blades.
Your partner can bring his / her hands around the sides of your torso so that his / her palms cover the
shoulder blades and encourage them to widen
away from the spine.
He
should pull the base of your skull
away from the back of your neck and push your
shoulder blades in the opposite direction, down the back.
Firm your
shoulder blades against your back, then spread them
away from the spine.
Protect your neck by broadening across your
shoulder blades and drawing your
shoulders down,
away from your ears.
Horizontal Rows: 8 - 12 Coaching Notes: Pinch
shoulder blades / Keep chin tucked /
Shoulders away from ears
With your fingers spread, press down through the pads of your palm (keep the root of your index finger down) and lift your
shoulder heads up
away from the floor, drawing your
shoulder blades onto your upper back.
Draw the
shoulder blades down the back, and
away from each other.
Be aware to keep your
shoulder blades drawn together as you extend your arms and do not force your
shoulders away from your ears because it can overstretch your neck and perhaps cause an injury.
Draw your
shoulder blades down your back as you peel your
shoulders and chest
away from the floor, keeping your elbows tucked in (b).
On the inhalation, feel the
shoulder blades slightly lift
away from the body, and on an exhalation, feel the
shoulder blades drop back in to the body.
The
shoulder blades should be drawn towards the spine but depressed
away from the ears.
Return the DB to the full hanging position and allow the
shoulder blade to slide
away from the spine.
Once you're in the pose, push the floor
away with your hands to inflate across your
shoulder blades.
Push the floor
away with your hands, inflating across your
shoulder blades and engaging your lower belly.
Release the heads of the upper arm bones
away from this pressure as you dig the
shoulder blades into the back,
away from the strap.
Maintain the arm rotation, but at the same time spread your
shoulder blades as much as you can
away from your spine to broaden your base of support and stabilize the position.
How to: Start in downward facing dog with your fingertips a few inches
away from a wall, hugging your upper arms toward one another and squeezing your
shoulder blades together.
Imagine that you are trying to push yourself
away from the wall, but the firmness of your
shoulder blades against the back prevents any movement.
Your
shoulder blades will move
away from the spine, spreading outward like wings.
Firm the
shoulder blades into the back ribs and lean the torso back slightly,
away from the inner thigh.
The third action is
shoulder protraction: The inner borders of the
shoulder blades move
away from the spine, while the bottom tips move down and into the back.
Do the
shoulders blades become permanently displaced as they move further
away from each other?
Trainer's Tip: Scapular retraction is basically squeezing your
shoulder blades together then sending them down
away from your ears.
Yoga U: If the
shoulder blades are moving further
away from each other, does this limit their movement, and, in turn, affect other parts of the body?
Place a block or ball in between your palms and extend your arms up overhead, while keeping
shoulder blades on back and
shoulders away from ears.