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Cobra Pose - Yoga Class

Cobra Pose - Yoga Class
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ID: 2672 Intermediate
A lesson for all you aspiring yoga students. Following the instructions can be difficult at times, but knowing a few formal terms for body anatomy as well as some useful verbs for performing this fundamental move will help with your classes. Don't do Yoga? No worries. There is still lots of useful language for following instructions.
Gwilym,Fiona Tian
Cobra Pose - Yoga Class
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瑜伽 yújiā yoga
基本 jīběn basic
首先 shǒuxiān first of all
臀部 túnbù glutes
蛇式是瑜伽的一种基本体位
shéshì 蛇式shì 是yújiā 瑜伽de 的yìzhǒng 一种jīběn 基本tǐwèi 体位
The cobra is a basic yoga pose.
首先往前趴好臀部夹紧脚背贴地
shǒuxiān 首先wǎng 往qián 前pāhǎo 趴好túnbù 臀部jiā 夹jǐn 紧jiǎobèi 脚背tiē 贴dì 地
First of all, you have to lay flat on your stomach, squeeze your buttocks together, with the tops of your feet pressed to the ground.
准备好以后两手放在胸部两侧手掌贴地
zhǔnbèi hǎo 准备好yǐhòu 以后liǎng 两shǒu 手fàng zài 放在xiōngbù 胸部liǎngcè 两侧shǒuzhǎng 手掌tiē 贴dì 地
When you're ready, put your arms by your sides, with your palms pressed to the ground.
吸气上半身离开地板手肘往内夹
xīqì 吸气shàngbànshēn 上半身líkāi 离开dìbǎn 地板shǒuzhǒu 手肘wǎng 往nèi 内jiā 夹
Breathe in, with the top of your body off the ground and push your elbows inwards.
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