The Most Powerful Daily Exercise.

If you only had time to do 1 exercise a day ….Which exercise would you do?

Personally and from my teaching experience, there are 2 top contenders that address so many issues in the body. Plank is one of them and the low squat or known by its yoga name the Garland Squat is the other top exercise. Let’s take a look at the Garland Pose and how you can incorporate this highly effective exercise into your daily life.

This simple home exercise will :

• Increase your flexibility in your hips, inner thighs, lower limbs, lumbar spine, and upper back

• Reverse kyphosis

• Maintain healthy strong knees

• Your hips will be so happy with this stretch everyday

Use a door frame or a chair

At least once a day try to carry out this effective exercise which only takes minutes and gives you so much back in return.

So for the sake of ease …use a door frame. When you pass a door frame , grab high up and simply lower yourself down. Simple 😉

Start Standing with a chair

Beginners - try to aim for this angle

Advance on by going below the knees

IN A HURRY - USE A DOOR FRAME

How to:

• Feet wider than the hips, turned out at roughly at 10 to 2 (like the clock hands )

• Knees must widen over second toe

• Use outer hips to encourage the knees to stay wide

• Reach sternum/breast bone upwards once you are in your low position

• Hold for 30 seconds at a time to begin with…inhale in and as you exhale lengthen the tailbone down and lengthen the sternum upwards

• Increase to holding this pose for 1 minute

• Remove blocks once you have the flexibility in your calf muscles and ankles

• Repeat daily x 5

• Reep the rewards in a matter of 1 week 😀