Be Well: 2-Minute Breathing and Stretching Routine

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OK, we are concentrating on not only our breathing but also just better movement in our body. So Janet talk me through what we're doing today. So now we're going to start with central channel breathing. As we inhale through the nose, we're pulling up energy from the ground, filling up the belly. And as you exhale out of the mouth, you're aing it going out of the top of your head, you inhale again, pull it through your head, belly breath, exhale, send it back into the floor. So this is going to be the continuous breathing cycle we're going to go through. All right. And as we're breathing this way, how are we moving our body? So we're going to go through some mobility movement, ok? And we're going to do a joint by joint approach. So we're going to start with the neck. So we're going to do small neck circles. You're going to draw small circles with the nose as you continue to breathe, big exhale out, you can even say to yourself, I am peaceful with life. The neck represents this beautiful. And now we're gonna go into the shoulders, we're obviously gonna get both sides. And what we're gonna do is alternating shoulder rolls. So you're just gonna go whatever way feels good for you and you're just gonna continue to breathe, loosen up the body, loosen up the shoulders, the rib cage, big exhale out, continue with the belly breath and then you can obviously go the other way. Ok. Beautiful. Now we're gonna do body rolls. So you're gonna tuck your chin in. So you're gonna inhale, tuck your chin in and you're gonna roll down as far as you can go and then exhale, come on up. So just envisioning one vertebra at a time, inhale, do it again and then exhale. Come on up. Beautiful. We're moving to the hips. OK? Our favorite one. So this is 90 90. So you want to be in a 90 position, front leg and the back leg if you are uncomfortable and let's just say you need something underneath the back knee. That's cool too. You're gonna flex the feet. OK? OK. So now you're gonna press your knees into the floor. We're gonna continue with the breath. So you're gonna breathe in and then you're gonna exhale and you're gonna hinge forward, big exhale. Remembering that we're hinging from the hips and not the back. OK? Breathe in. Big exhale out. Let it go. Now we're gonna sink lower into it, then sink lower into it with each breath again. From the hips. Beautiful. And now you're gonna come up, you're gonna stay in this position, your chest is going to rotate to the open side. Your hands are going to come behind you. You're gonna press your knees into the floor and apart from each other, we hold a lot of attention in our hips. So it's super important to do this before we do anything. Breathe in. Big exhale out, let it go. And of course I would flip into the other side as well, Both sides like I'm gonna be moving so much better. Thanks so much. I'm so glad. Bye.