Refuel your body, Whakamarohi I tō tinana. Finding ways to recharge can positively impact your mental health in big ways.
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Kia ora tatou, I'm Captain Raylene Grant - Physio in the New Zealand Army
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Yoga is great for our mental health, by calming and slowing our busy minds.
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When our mind is focussing on a yoga or balance positon
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it's very hard to stress or worry concurrently.
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It's really good for bringing our mind into a more relaxed state.
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Our challenge today is a balance sequence.
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Starting balancing on our right leg, either toe touching
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or lifted into a star pose.
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We hold here we reach long, nice and strong, through the core.
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We send that leg to the rear, lifting high
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into our warrior three, all toes to the ground if need be.
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Good. We reach long with the arms, high with the leg.
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We drop those hands to the ground, standing split
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lifting that leg as high as we can go.
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We then scoop through, leg into a straight leg raise
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lifting as high as we can with the leg
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reaching long with the arms.
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Lovely, let's try the other side.
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Balancing on the left this time.
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Toes either touching or lifting
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one legged star pose, nice and strong through the core
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lifting long with the arms.
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Sending that leg to the rear.
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Warrior three. Lifting high with that leg,
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lifting long with the arms.
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Drop the arms to the ground, standing split
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lifting that leg high, high as we can.
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Scoop through.
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Lifting high with the leg.
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Straight leg raise, lifting high with the arms.
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Lovely, and relax there.
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You've done two rounds with us, challenge yourself for another four to six rounds.
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Yoga is really great at giving our mind a reset.
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Acknowledge our mental health. If we need to speak out to a mate,
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or help contact for a helping hand, do so.
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Ngā Mihi.
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