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Kia ora kotou, ko Captain Raylene Grant taku ingoa.
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I'm a Physiotherapist in Ngāti Tūmatauenga, New Zealand Army.
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Yoga is really effective for stress management,
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and mobility as we find our way in our new normal.
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Todays challenge
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is 10 Sun Salutations.
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A series of yoga postures honouring the sun.
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I'll do the first two with us. So starting feet underneath the hips, tummy button in,
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tailbone tucked in and under, shoulders back and down.
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Nice let's go, so starting with a full breath in.
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Good. We swan dive down on our exhale breath
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folding forward from our hips, slight bend in the knees
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is fine. With our right leg we step back long,
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take a breath in, and bring that chest high.
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Other side. We step back, exhale
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into our down dog. Slight bend in the knees is fine,
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as we warm up. We take a full breath in
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as we come forward to plank, and we lower to the knees.
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Good, we lower down. Elbows to rib, into crocodile
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pulling shoulders blades back and down.
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Lovely. We come to knees, exhale, down dog
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and preparing for our exit. So starting off
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right leg, we crouch, we step to the thumb
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if it doesn't get the whole way, we give it a bit of a hand. Good.
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We step through the other side, slowing rolling
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ourselves up. Nice. Let's go round two. Full breath in
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Good. On our exhale we swan dive down
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exhale, folding from the hips bringing hands to ground.
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Left leg this time. Take a step back, inhale
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lifting those chests high. Exhale we come
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back into down dog, exhale, push back.
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Lovely. We take a breath in
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as we come forward into plank. Dropping to the knees if we want
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otherwise lowering down, elbows to ribs
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Good. This time we scoop through to baby cobra or up dog
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if the back ready. Full breath in.
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Good. We come to knees tuck toes.
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Exhale, down dog preparing for our exit.
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With our left leg this time, we crouch, step
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to the thumb, same again, give it a hand if it needs.
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We step to
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slowly roll up
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hands come up
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Good. And exhale.
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Continue on for another eight rounds.
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As we navigate through our new normal, we just need to
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remember to breathe, stretch, be kind to ourselves
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and others. Nga mihi.
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Sun Salutation (Surya