Follow the workout below while you listen in and focus on breathing into your Solar Plexus: ∆ Anxiety Release Workout ∆
Begin with a Sun Salutation Yoga Flow
Deep Breath and reach high into the sky
Exhale
Tree Pose
Inhale
Reach up.
Exhale
Swan dive down into forward fold, palms and soles flat to the ground.
Inhale
Plank
Exhale
Lower Down onto the belly.
Inhale
Up Dog
Exhale
Down Dog
Inhale
Walk back to forward fold.
Exhale
Breath in this space.
Inhale
Roll up to Tree Pose.
Repeat 3-4 times to warm up the body.
Anxiety Release Workout
Begin on the back, knees up, feet on the floor.
Hands supporting the neck or use a towel to relieve stress on the neck.
TIP: The point of this is to focus on form and go slowly an methodical for the duration of the workout. Do not forget to breath through it. Inhale at the peak of tension in the movement.
15 Reps per exercise (3 sets of each)
Mini Crunch 15
Bicycle Crunch 15 (opposite elbow to opposite knee)
Leg Extension 15 (arms out legs out, arms in legs in)
Shift to Plank Position on toes or knees (butt down)
Tricep Pushups (Elbows close to sides, hands flared out)
Plank to Toe Tap alternating
Plank, Raise same knee to same elbow, back, and switch
FORM TIP: When on back, press lower back into the floor and focus on raising shoulder up off the ground. When in plank, butt down as far as possible, belly button pulled into spine, back elongated.