Hipp tranquil chick, September 23, 2007.

Bonjour, this is Kimberly Wilson, and welcome to the 101st edition of Hip Trankle Chick,

a guide to life on and off the yoga mat.

Happy Global Mala Day.

I'm fresh back from doing 108 sun salutations at our big event in Washington, D.C.

I think I'm going to feel this tomorrow.

Today's menu features a must-have pose and on the mat and some chic sewing with hope maying and off the mat and of course we have

our own work and savvy sources for you so view our show notes and follow along at hittrencletchick

dot com considering sewing is the topic i decided for on the mat we should focus on shoulder opening on the mat.

So go ahead and sit on your yoga mat or just sit in your chair or those of you who are on

the metro or driving. Driving this may be a little tricky unless you're in the passenger seat.

So go ahead and bring the arms out to the sides.

I'm going to teach you equal arms, which is one of my favorite arm poses to really open up and awaken those tight, tight shoulders.

So arms out to the sides.

Bring the right arm under the left arm.

Bend at the elbows.

Bring the hands toward the body and turn the palms and toward one another.

Now lift your elbows up to shoulder height and begin to trace little circles with those elbows.

Deep breathing.

And move those circles in the other direction.

And extend those arms out to the sides.

And let's repeat other sides.

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