Mermaid
Goals: Side stretch, learning shoulder movement and stabilisation
1) Sit with the legs in “Z” position, with the sitz bones (buttocks) evenly placed on the mat
2) Inhale to raise arm, keeping the shoulders away from the ears as you do so
1) Exhale to laterally flex towards the side with knee in front and rotate upper body towards the floor
2) Keep both sitz bones down as you laterally flex
1) Inhale to derotate and face the front
1) Exhale to return to a upright position and lower arm back to starting position
2) Repeat 5x , and swop over to other side
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