Yoga for high blood pressure (4 min)

Yoga instructor Dana Taft walks you through a gentle yoga flow to help lower your blood pressure.

Transcript

00:00

Hello. My name is Dana Taft. And I'm here to help you with this Yoga Flow to help lower your blood pressure.

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[GENTLE MUSIC]

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Starting at the top of your mat, I'd like for you to lift your left knee up nice and tall. Keep your gaze straight ahead.

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Step that left leg long behind you into a High Lunge position. Inhale, lift your arms up, and then sweep them right back

00:29

behind you. Take a long breath in here. Let it go. And then reach your arms up to open to the left

00:37

to a Warrior II posture. Gaze still looking forward, straighten that right leg

00:43

and turn, Side Lunge. The left knee bends. Sit back. Keep pressing into the back of your body.

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And then turn to the front of your mat for a Low Lunge. Kneeling on your left knee, lift your chest.

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Lift your ribs. Arms go high above your head. Exhale your elbows wide.

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One more time. Elbows wide. Nice.

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Rest your hands on your right thigh. Use the power in your legs to come back to standing. Notice how my gaze stayed forward.

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Keep that momentum as we move to the next side. Right knee lifts up. Step those toes long behind you, High Lunge.

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Lift the arms so you can sweep them back. Pull your core in. And then exhale, open to the right, Warrior II.

01:38

Nice, take a big breath in here. Let all the air go. Straighten that left leg.

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Turn to the right. Side Lunge. Sit back. Bend your right knee.

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Really good, straighten your right leg out. Turn to the front of your mat. Kneel down that right knee for a Low Lunge.

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Inhale your arms up. Exhale, elbows wide. Again, Inhale, lift up.

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Exhale, elbows wide. Hands rest on your left thigh. Take a big breath in. Let it go.

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And then pick up that right knee to standing. One more time each side. Hands together, pick it up.

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Step back, Exhale. Inhale, reach up, reach back. Nice, one more breath here.

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Lift, come around, Warrior II. Moving to our Side Lunge. Straighten your right leg.

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Bend your left knee. Sit back. Come back to center to turn. Drop that left knee.

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Two breaths here. Arms up, arms wide. One more.

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Take it wide, so good. Press onto your right thigh. Lift up, stand.

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Last round, here we go. Right knee, step it long behind you. Sweep the arms up so you can swoop back.

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Come around on your Exhale, Warrior II. Nice, straighten your left leg. Turn, Side Lunge.

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Breathe here. Back to center to turn. Lower that right knee.

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Two breaths, arms up, elbows wide.

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One more. Take it wide. Press on that left thigh.

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Lift your right knee, feet together. To end this practice, we'll come to a cooling breath. Make your lips like you're breathing out

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of a small straw on your Inhale. Then open your mouth wide like you're fogging up

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a mirror on your exhale. Here we go, in breath.

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Out. Again.

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Out. Great job.

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Thanks so much for joining. Until next time, bye-bye. [ELECTRONIC BEEP]