Taking Mountain Pose off the Mat and Into Your Life

Picture it: you’re standing in mountain pose, grounding yourself into the mat and the earth beneath it. You spread your toes and press into them, into your heels,allowing the arches of your feet to rise. You send energy up your legs and place attention on keeping them strong and steady. You draw in your tailbone, hold in your stomach, and breathe your shoulders back into place.
 
You keep your focus on each of these areas as you raise your arms above your head and reach them toward the sky. Envision that a string is pulling the top of your head upward, pulling your body in two different directions. Your mind is on rooting down while reaching up, hoping to find a state of equilibrium between the two.

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