You are off to an AMAZING start. Get excited for Day 2!

Today we are focusing on our core.

It’s imperative that it’s strong and engaged whenever you go upside down. Your core has two main roles in inversions: it takes the weight/pressure out of your lower back, and its the glue between the upper body to the lower body.

Strengthening your core will help you keep your body safe, make inversions easier to do, and help you have a deeper connection to your intrinsic muscles that are needed to go upside down and stay up there.

So today lets do the work to learn the proper technique, recruit the necessary muscles to get upside down, and communicate loving courage to ourselves, all while staying present as our journey unfolds.

Day 2 CHECKLIST

✓ Daily Mantra

✓ Video 1: Get Upside Down Core Video

✓ Study the Plank tutorial

✓ Video 2: Plank Challenge Video

✓ Check in on social media

VIDEO 1

VIDEO 2

POSE OF THE DAY

How to do HIGH PLANK ✨This is such an important pose to learn – and it’s not just for yoga – it’s really for any type of workout! It takes time to build the strength so be patient with yourself, but keep working on it! Every time I do plank it’s hard – it’s just one of those poses 😝. This pose will serve you by strengthening your arms, core, and legs. Remember to press into your first finger and thumb, engage your serratus anterior, slightly dome the upper back, pull belly to core, and squeeze inner thighs together.

Correct ✅:

• Starting with the feet, make sure you are grounded in your toes, and heels are pushing slightly forward
• Moving up the body, thighs are engaged and pulling knee caps up towards hips
• Tailbone lengthens down toward heels and abs pull up and in
• Hands pressing into the floor so much that the lat muscles expand and upper back slightly domes, which is why there is a slight arc (green line)

Incorrect ❌:

• Thighs are not engaged, making knees heavy and bent
• No engagement throughout core and tailbone is not lengthening down, instead it’s curling up – turning the pose into a saggy hammock! 🙈 Whatever you do, please do not stick your butt up like this in plank. It looks cute but is so bad for your back!
• Arms are not engaged and instead the shoulders are sinking up into the ears

CHECK IN

✓ Snap a photo of yourself in the Pose of the Day

✓ Upload your photo to social media, tag @actionjacquelyn, use #takeaction and #getuspidedown

✓ Check out the other #getupsidedown participants, comment, like, and show some love to the community!

✓ Get excited for tomorrow’s email 🙂

✓ Leave your questions and feedback below!