Benefits: Strengthens quads; stretches shoulders, upper back, hamstrings, calves
Helps: Anxiety, tight neck, stiff shoulders, imbalanced spirit

  1. Stand up tall with your feet hip-width apart.
  2. Interlace your hands behind your back. Drop your shoulders away from your ears, lift your chest, and inhale deeply.
  3. As you exhale, bend your knees and begin folding forward from your hips, bringing your hands and arms as far forward as you can comfortably.
  4. Then straighten your legs. Shake your head side to side (like you’re saying "no") to release neck and shoulder tension. Stay here for three to five breaths.
  5. To come up, inhale and reach your arms back behind you to pull your torso up straight.