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Round out Your Practice: Balance

Need help in creating a complete home practice? Cyndi Lee's solo sequence is appropriate for yogis of all levels and experience.

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OM: Chant three times.

BALANCING BREATH: Inhale for six counts and exhale for six counts.

WARM-UP VINYASA: Exhale into Cat Pose, inhale into Cow Pose. Exhale Downward-Facing Dog, inhale Plank Pose, exhale Down Dog, inhale knees down, exhale Child's Pose. Repeat four times.

SUN SALUTATION: Mountain Pose, Upward Salute, Standing Forward Bend, Four-Limbed Staff Pose, Upward-Facing Dog, Downward Dog, Standing Forward Bend, Upward Salute. When you return to Downward Dog after the first round, add Warrior Poses I and II, come back to Four-Limbed Staff, and continue the rest of the sequence, ending in Mountain Pose. Repeat the entire series three to five times.

FEATURED SEQUENCE: Move through a balancing sequence of Eagle Pose, Warrior Pose I, Warrior Pose II, Standing Splits, Boat Pose, Scales Pose, Four-Limbed Staff Pose, Upward-Facing Dog Pose, Downward Facing Dog Pose, Side Plank Pose, Half Lord of the Fishes Pose, and Mountain Pose. Perform the sequence twice--once leading with the right leg, then leading with the left.

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Do you want to practice at home but don't know quite where to start? In this series, renowned yoga teacher Cyndi Lee presents a unique home yoga class. Her first sequence focuses on creating balance.

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