Sentences with phrase «to reach for one's toes»

The passive positioning you create with these rolls will be replaced by active positioning by the baby himself such as pushing up on his forearms during tummy time and reaching for his toes while on his back.

If you can reach for your toes grab them in yogi toe lock, or just walk your hands forward.

Sit with your legs straight out in front of you and do your best to completely relax even the smallest leg muscles with the help of deep breathing and visualization, then fold forward and gently reach for your toes.

Bend over and reach for the toe of the straight leg that is behind the bent one.

Take a deep inhale, raise the arms up in the sky, gently looking upwards if the neck permits, then dive forward reaching for the toes.

Breathe out, fold forward and lower your arms reaching for the toes.

Now start reaching for your toes.

This type of stretching should be done after your workout, things like reaching for your toes and holding it,» Taylor said.

Flexibility training plays a part in all yoga practices — reaching for your toes in a forward fold, twisting through your spine in Triangle Pose — but it may be most emphasized in practices like Bikram, the style of yoga done in a room heated to 105 degrees, or Hatha yoga.

Some stretches include making circular motions with each ankle clockwise and counter-clockwise or standing up in the aisle and bending at the waist to reach for your toes to stretch hamstrings or standing on one leg bending the opposite knee to bring the heel to your buttock and holding for 15 seconds while grabbing onto a seat for balance support.

If she reaches for her toes, respond to her by talking about her cute piggy toes!

Inchworm: Start with your feet hip - width apart, then hinge forward, reaching for your toes.

At the same time, lift your legs (keep them straight) to make a V with your bod and reach for your toes.

Straighten legs and reach for your toes; hold for 8 breaths.

10 Swiss Ball Sit Ups (perform on the floor as toe reaches if you don't have a swiss ball - legs at 90 degrees, reach for your toes)

Keeping your legs straight and in position, reach your arms up and reach for your toes.

It gives a sense of expansiveness as the arms and torso are bent and reaches for the toes.

Slowly roll each vertebrae down as you reach for your toes.

Sit on the floor with your right leg straight and your left leg bent (your legs form a number four) With your back straight, raise arms then lower while reaching for your toes.

Exhale as you fold forward and reach for your toes.

Rotate back to center and then to the left, reaching for the toes.

Reaching for your toes can improve hamstring and back strength, helping to create long, lean muscles that power moves such as deadlifts and squats in particular.

Slowly bend your torso forward and reach for your toes.

So if you reach for your toes and hold that position, tautening your hamstrings, you might not then be able to leap as high or start a sprint as forcefully as if you hadn't stretched.