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To strengthen your legs and your abs, use the king dancer pose.  Start by standing straight with your arms at your sides.  Make sure that your abs are tight throughout this exercise.  Put your right arm straight out in front as you lift your left leg behind you.  Bend your left leg at the knee and grab your left ankle with your left hand to where your calf and your thigh make a 90 degree angle.  Hold the pose for 20 seconds and release.  Repeat on the opposite side of the body.

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To stretch the chest, abdomen and the quadriceps, use the bow pose.  Start by lying on your stomach with your chin up, facing forward.  Make sure that your abs are tight throughout the exercise.  Keep your knees about a foot and a half apart and grab your ankles.  Your wrists should be on the outside of your ankles.  Now use your abs and arms to lift your ribs and your quads off the floor.  Hold the pose for 20 seconds and release.  Let your legs relax and bring your torso to the floor.

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This variation to the boat pose will quickly improve your core strength.  Begin by sitting on the floor on your bottom.  Plant your feet on the floor and keep your knees bent.  Put your arms straight out in front of you.  As you recline, lift your legs and slowly straighten them.  Your body should be in a v shape.  Now lower your torso as you lower your legs.  Keep both straight and lower to a few inches from the floor and then raise them to a v position.  Alternating between positions, hold each position for just a second.  Do 3 repetitions of each position.

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This pose stretches out the back of the legs as well as releases tension in the spine.  Begin this pose by stepping the feet about 3 to 4 feet apart – feet parallel.  Bring the arms out to the side shoulder height and with a flat back swan dive down towards the floor.  Once the back starts to round bend the knees and let the arms touch down to the floor.  Let the body hang here, relaxed, tailbone reaching towards the ceiling.  Grab the outsides of the feet and pull your head towards the floor.  Hold this pose for 20-30 seconds.  Come out the same way you went in.