Hip, Trankle Chick, July 2, 2007.

Bonjour, this is Kimberly Wilson, and welcome to the 89th edition of the Hip Trinklechick

podcast, a guide to life on and off the yoga mat.

Today's menu features a must-have pose and on the mat,

a discussion of my favorite tranquility tools in off-the-mat,

and we've got omwork and savvy sources for you too.

So view our show notes and follow along at Hiptrinklechick.com slash blog.

Subtikanasana.

Begin lying on your back.

Just softly and gently relaxing the back of the body into the earth.

You can have a yoga mat or you can actually do this on your bed or on your floor.

Bring the soles of the feet together.

Let the knees drop open.

And you can bring your hands to either your belly,

along the sides of the body, palms facing up,

or up above your head, reaching for opposite elbows,

which feels really nice too.

This is one of my favorite restorative poses.

If you want to add a little more fun into this, you can take a blanket, roll it tightly,

place it underneath the back of your body horizontally.

So it would go underneath, like where your bra strap is or

right underneath the shoulder blades. And then your arms will extend out to the sides so that the

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