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ExTension Yoga
The safe 20-to-30 minute yoga-based exercise program for normally healthy people who have tight, moderately flexible or very flexible bodies.
A Western approach to an ancient practice
Progress comes from an appropriate practice—not by forcing.
Sam Dworkis created ExTension Yoga so normally healthy people can gain the benefits of yoga without trying to copy the shape of a flexible and experienced yoga practitioner.
ExTension Yoga adapts each exercise for different body types and levels of flexibility, strength and endurance. You do not even need to be in good shape to begin. No forcing, no straining — just a practice that lets your body grow at its own pace.
Condition the body and relax the mind
What the program is designed to support
Build useful capacity
Improve energy, concentration, strength and endurance without forcing or straining.
Improve mobility and posture
Start with where you are while gradually improving flexibility, balance and body awareness.
A program for life
Easy to begin. Detailed enough to grow with you.
- Requires little space and no special equipment
- Provides adaptations instead of one “correct” picture to imitate
- Can be practiced gently for relaxation or more actively for conditioning
- Places injury prevention and body awareness at the center of practice
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