Hip, Trinkled Chick, August 25th, 2007.

Bonjour, this is Kimberly Wilson, and welcome to the 97th edition of the Hip Trinkle Chick

podcast, a guide to life on and off the yoga mat, produced from the Pink Palace in Washington, D.C.

Today's menu features a must-have pose and on-the-mat, an insightful interview with Melissa

Malam on cooking up cosmetics, and we've got own work for you to view our show notes at

hiptrinklechick.com slash blog.

On the mat.

Come on to your yoga mat.

Come into downward facing dog.

Hips up in the air.

You've got your inverted triangle.

Finger spread nice and wide.

Reaching down into your heels and lifting through the toes. Now inhale, float forward to

plank pose. Shoulders over the wrists, heels directly above the balls of the feet, body nice and

long, and now slowly lower all the way down to the floor. Think Chaturanga to the earth. Now, today's pose is Sphinx,

which is a gentle back bend and chills lovely. So bring your elbows underneath your shoulders.

Palms of the hands flat, forearms in front of you.

Lift up through the heart center.

Draw the shoulder blades down the back.

And rest here.

Take 5 to 10 to 15 deep, full breaths.

And feel the back of the body awakening and the back of the body, awakening, and the front of the body opening,

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