Guided yoga instruction focused on shoulder mobility and strength led by Sam. The excerpt describes using a resistance band and blocks for shoulder-opening movements—circling the band overhead and behind the back, maintaining core engagement, then using blocks to stretch the back of the shoulders with elbows on a block and forehead toward the ground while breathing deeply.
Sam. And then you'll take your band and find some tension to where it feels like it's a little bit of work. I'm just going to scoot back a little bit. And then you're just going to take it up and over your head, all the way up. Keep the tension in the band. And then you're going to take it behind your back, all the way down towards your hips. And again, keep the tension in the band as you take it around all the way down towards your butt. Whoa. Keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going. There we go. My God. And then you'll take it all the way up. Good. Keep your belly to your spine, ribs in, shoulders soft on your back, body. And then all the way back and rounding down to the feet. Good. We'll do that a few more times. Again. Oh, my God, that's super. It's hard. Yeah. Good. Take it around, all the way down towards your head. And then again, take it up. Good. And it's like one of my favorite shoulder mobility exercises. All the way around and back. Sorry, I'm totally in your way. Good. And then again, scoot up. And all the way down. We'll do that one more time. Good. Keep the touch in the hand. Take it all the way up. Ribs in. Belly to spine. As you exhale, let your arms reach back. Bring them all the way down towards your glutes. Good. And then again, inhale. Bring your arms all the way up. Head over and around to the feet. Try and release. You can take your strap and then we'll take our blocks. You're going to keep it at this medium height and then take it about shoulders width, distance apart. We'll just stretch out the back of the shoulders. So place your elbows close to the top of the box. And then walk your knees back so that they're right underneath your hips. Good. Palms together or fingertips together. Let your heart melt towards the ground. Forehead to the ground. And you can take your hands and then walk them towards the space behind your neck. And then breathe five long inhales and exhales. And as you exhale each time, think of softening through your heart, opening up through your back body as well as bringing some sensation to your triceps. One more breath in. Full breath out. Take your arms away from your neck, back towards the front of your mouth. And then slowly lift your heart away from the ground. Good. And we'll clear our blocks. Sam.
