Yoga fitness is a combination of strength, flexibility and good cardio respiratory endurance. Often times our cardio respiratory endurance is not challenged so vinyasa flow yoga can be performed in combination with traditional Hatha yoga practices.

This yoga fitness sequence combines arm strengthening poses with 2 standing spinal twists. Many of the leg and hip muscles are also stretched. The hamstrings and calf muscles are lengthened in Downward Dog pose and the hip muscles are stretched in the spinal twists. The first spinal twist involves the knee being bent so that it is easier to enter and prepares the body for the second spinal twist with the leg straight.

 

In Hatha yoga postures are often held. In Vinyasa yoga there is a constant flow with the breath.

Here is the instructions for the yoga fitness flow.

This yoga fitness flow begins in Downward Dog.

Inhale into Plank Pose.

Exhale down to 4 limb pose.

Inhale back up to Plank pose.

Exhale back to One Leg Downward Dog Pose.

Inhale and step the left leg forward into Supported Lunge pose.

Exhale and twist raising the left arm up.

Inhale back to the supported Lunge pose.

Straighten the left leg and turn the right outward into Reverse Triangle pose.

To come out inhale back to a lunge and exhale back to Downward Dog pose. Repeat the sequence the opposite way. Feel free to flow into Cobra pose if you feel like it.

 

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