Frontbend
Exercise 1
Have your feet comfortably apart and
bend forward. Grasp the legs with the hands near the ankles and pull in
with a 1-2-3-4-5 action as close as you can get, but only just as close
as you can. Relax for a 1-2-3-4-5 count. Repeat the exercise 15 times.
Variation
Have your feet comfortably apart and
bend forward until the face is at the shins. Have the fingers lightly clasped
behind the back and bring the hands with a 1-2-3-4-5 action to the position
above. Relax for a 5 count. Repeat 10 times. Try to get the hands to the
floor.
This time grasp the ankles and to
the 1-2-3-4-5 pull in even stronger to get the head between the legs. Relax
for a 5 count. Repeat 10 times.
Now reach through the legs and to
the 1-2-3-4-5 push the hands as far back from the heels as you are able.
Relax for a 5 count. Repeat 10 times.
