Yo-Yo-Yoga: 1, Knee Hug

[1] Knee Hug

• Lie on your back
• Bring both knees to your chest
• Encircle your legs with both arms and grasp your forearms or wrists. Lightly squeeze your legs.
• Gently roll from side to side, massaging your back. Move your head in the same direction as roll.
• For a variation, place your hands on your knees, part your knees slightly, and make slow circles with them, massaging hips and sacrum into the floor.
• Allow your movements to be slow and lazy. Keep your head on the floor at all times.
  
  Benefits: Stretches the lower back muscles, massages the entire back, restores energy throughout the body, gently massages the lower abdominal organs.