Day 5 of the Ovarian Cancer Awareness Yoga Challenge (09-16-2016)

#OvarianCancerAwarenessYogaChallenge

Day 5 – Presented by Nicole @nicole_rn - #Virahadrasana1 or #WarriorI

From high lunge with the right knee bent, engage both legs. Inhale and place the hands on the bent knee, keep the knee over the ankle. Hands move to hips, keeping the hips and shoulders square. Bring the shoulders back and open the chest. On inhale, reach the arms overhead with palms facing each other. If you don’t have neck or back issues you can look up, otherwise keep your gaze forward.  Inhale into the chest and abdomen; on exhale continue to press your feet, fingers, and top of the head; continue breathing and try to do this for 3 to 6 breaths.

Please make sure to honor your body and only do what you are comfortable with. If you are under a doctor’s care, please check with them first before attempting any of the poses.

This pose helps strengthens the legs, opens the hips and chest and stretches the arms and legs. It develops concentration, balance and being grounded, along with improving circulation and respiration and energizes the entire body.

Remember, we are all warriors and need to be strong whether it is for our own battle or someone we love. Together we can do this, together we can do anything!!  I am in awe of the response we have gotten for this challenge and have honestly loved seeing all of yours poses! Keep up the great work and spreading awareness!

#AWARENESS - There is a free webinar hosted by OCRFA, presented by Dr. Elizabeth Swisher, on research efforts. It will be on Thursday, 9/22/2016 at 6 PM/ET and it will last one hour. If interested, you can register at the OCRFA website and see the info about at the link in my bio. (See the link below, although it is time sensitive and the webinar may not be posted by the time you are reading this.)

 OCRF Webinar Info

#Hamsa yoga top from @fourseeapparel * My Mala necklace and bracelet are from @beadsbymelissa * and my #yogamat is from @liforme and it is the #RollsRoyceofYogaMats

See @crizia_rn_yoga for Day 6’s (Saturday, 9/17) pose tomorrow night.