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Wish you had more time for yoga? Do a pose right now, where you are! Doing just one pose can change the way you breathe and the way you feel. So stand up right now...yes out of your computer chair....and reach your arms up overhead (Urdhva Hastasana). Strrrrretch up towards the sky, then if you like fold from your hips and move into forward bend (Uttanasana). Ahhhhh...feel better?

You can even improvise and make up a pose like my daughter Lily...here she is doing a cross between down dog and forward bend. Very good Lil! And smiling while doing yoga is even better, great for your mood!

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didn't make it to class today? you can still get that "yogaaahh" feeling wherever you are, whatever your doing....just improvise.

since the kids are heading back to school, you might be trying to get a few more trips to the park or Boardwalk in before then. give yourself a nice hamstring stretch and torso twist by practicing Parivrtta Padangusthasana. Bring you right leg up to the top of a park bench or fence that is the height of your hip. Lengthen that leg and breathe here.... then bring your left hand to the right leg or foot, inhale lengthen your spine, exhale twist to the right. Extend your right arm out to the right opening across your chest. there it is, that yogaahhhh feeling!

Switch sides and enjoy the last days of summer!