SaraBethYoga: 15 Minute Full Body Yoga Stretch | Standing Yoga Routine (no mat needed)

15 Minute Full Body Yoga Stretch | Standing Yoga Routine is a yoga routine from Sara Beth that includes standing exercises only. It is not an advanced or complicated practice and it includes basic standing yoga poses. It does do a great job stretching you out and giving you some strength work. There are no advanced poses but Sara does show variations for some of the poses–sometimes making the pose easier and sometimes making it more challenging. Though this is not “active” yoga, I do like to end any workout I do, whether cardio, strength or yoga, with a relaxing stretch, and this doesn’t end in a relaxing way (at least IMHO). So I combined this with Sara’s 10 Minute Simple Slow Stretch, which did an excellent job winding me down after this practice.

15 Minute Full Body Yoga Stretch | Standing Yoga Routine is 15:34 minutes; it is actually 14:30 minutes. The last minute is Sara talking about her app.

1. Stand with eyes closed and hands in prayer
2. Extend both arms overhead, stretching upward; grab one wrist with opposite hand and do a side bend
3. With hands in prayer, twist torso to one side, keeping hips forward; open arms out to sides in a T
4. Reach arms overhead then pull elbows down, arching back (think lat pull down arms)
5. Reach arms overhead then return them to prayer with eyes closed
6. Tree pose
7. Stand with eyes closed and hands in prayer
8. Reach arms overhead then lower them to sides as you step one foot back into lunge, reach arms overhead again so you are in crescent lunge; with hands in prayer, twist torso toward front leg; open arms out to sides in a T (torso still twisted toward front leg)
9. Return to crescent lunge
10. Warrior 2
11. Reverse triangle
12. Triangle pose
13. Horse pose (looks like wide plie squat); with hands on thighs near knees, push one shoulder down and forward, looking behind you
14. Warrior 2
15. Reverse Warrior
16. Side angle pose
17. Repeat #8-12 on other side of body
18. Horse pose with hands in prayer
19. Repeat #14-16 on other side of body
20. Stand with eyes closed and hands in prayer

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