A yoga teacher demonstrates a hands-on lateral side stretch assist for hatha and vinyasa classes. Students interlace their fingers while the instructor stands behind, pulling on the exhale to deepen the stretch. The instructor adjusts their stance for different body proportions and can intensify the assist by rotating around the student's torso.
Here's a fantastic assist that you can do in a hatha class or a vinyasa class. You're going to go ahead and have your students interlace their fingers. You're going to come behind them and have a nice wide stance. If you have proportion difference like Francesca and I do, maybe you bend your knees. Make sure that you're strong. You're going to take a deep inhale, exhale, pull with your hands, giving them a nice lateral stretch. You could also do this giving them a little bit more of a stretch on the side by coming around Inhale, lengthen. Exhale, use your butt and your back to make the stretch. Go ahead and inhale, bring them back up. It depends on whether you want the hips to go out to the side or not. And definitely light up the follow button for all the yoga.
