If you venture into one of Sunhaeng Yu’s yoga classes at the beginning of the hour, you will hear the sound of relaxing, meditative music and Sun’s calm, precise instructions as she leads her students in an opening warmup to stretch the back, shoulders, legs, and core:
“Hug your right leg into your chest, lengthen your left leg all the way down [Pause]. Very good. Now switch sides: hug your left leg in, lengthen your right leg down. Keep breathing, use your breath. Breathing in, breathing out. [Pause]. Now switch legs again. Now, deeper breath. Lift your right shoulder and your head up. And lower your shoulder and head down. Switch legs. Take a breath. Lift your left shoulder and your head up. Pull your tummy in, so that you can feel your core engage. Lower your shoulder and head down. Switch legs. . .
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