Energize Your Body and Brain With This Beginner 15-Minute Yoga Sequence

This Wide-Legged Forward Bend works to stretch tight shoulders and hamstrings while waking up the whole body.

• From Warrior 2, turn your front foot in toward the body, and interlace fingers in a fist behind the back.
• Inhale to engage your abs and pull the hands away from your shoulders. Exhale to fold at the hips, keeping the legs and spine straight.
• Hold for five deep breaths, trying to lower the hands toward the floor. Then slowly roll up, stand at the front of your mat with both feet together, and step back into Downward Dog.