Seated Twist

Benefits:

• Loosens low back and hips

• Trims waist

• Strengthens abdominal muscles and back

• Improves digestion

Steps:

• Start sitting

• Bend your left knee, bringing your left foot next to your right hip

• Bend your right knee, placing your right foot on the floor next to your left knee

• Shift your seat until both of your sitting bones are pressing into the floor (right hip is not raised)

• Wrap your left arm around your right thigh

• Place your right hand on the floor next to your right hip

• Inhale, sitting up tall

• Exhale, turn looking over your right shoulder

• Focus on bringing the twist all the way up your spine, from the base of the spine to your neck

• Stay in this position for 4-5 full, slow breaths

• Untwist and repeat on the other side