Step 1

Place both hands on the mat slightly further than shoulder-width apart, feet apart on the mat behind you while resting on the balls of your feet. This is your starting position.

Step 2

Release your right hand and reach across your body to touch your left shoulder, ensuring that you brace your abdominals to keep your hips parallel to (in line with) the floor.

Step 3

Lower your right hand to return to the starting position.

Step 4

Release your left hand and reach across your body to touch your right shoulder, once again, ensuring that you brace your abdominals to keep your hips parallel to (in line with) the floor.

Step 5

Lower your left hand to return to the starting position. Continue alternating between right and left for the specified amount of time, inhaling for two repetitions and exhaling for two repetitions.

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