Rag Doll

Rag Doll

Yoga Pose - The Rag Doll

The Rag Doll releases tension in the parts of your body where most people carry tension — your neck and spine. It helps you relax and also works your abdominal muscles and the core muscles of your torso for a total upper-body workout.

Pick up your hand weights and follow these steps:

1. Standing with your feet directly below your hips and your toes pointing forward, let your hand weights dangle at your sides with your palms facing inward. This is the starting position. Don't let your belly collapse in this exercise — sculpt your belly in and up. Let your abdominal muscles support your spine. You should feel an "energetic girdle" around your abdomen. Throughout this exercise, keep your feet parallel to one another, both pointing straight ahead. Don't turn them out.

2. Inhaling to a count of four, slowly roll your shoulders up and forward . Pause your breath momentarily when you reach the top of the shoulder roll.

3. Exhaling to a count of four, bend your knees and roll your torso forward with your shoulders leading the way. Now you're in the rag doll position, with your neck, head, and shoulders feeling loose and relaxed. Don't shrug your shoulders — roll them forward, using the weights to help extend your body forward and lengthen your spine. You should feel your spine stretching as the weights hang. Keep your knees slightly bent and move your hips back.

4. Inhaling to a count of four and pressing through your legs, roll your shoulders up, back, and down as you return to the starting position. Feel the breath filling your lungs during this part of the exercise.

5. Exhale to a count of four as you rest in the starting position.

Do this exercise six to eight times, pause to rest, and then repeat the exercise another six to eight times.

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how to make a rag doll custume out of old clothes and buttuns?

i am a mother of three i have no money this year times are tough for our family i want my kids to have a good time and my daughter wants to be a rag doll i heard you could use old cloths instead of yarn i was hopin some one could tell me how

Can you get striped knee socks or tights for her? Those would be priceless with Maryjane shoes. Some dolls have the little white ankle socks over the striped tights, too. You can often get things like this at discount clearing houses (Big Lots, Tuesday Morning, etc) and even thrift stores.

Loose clothes a size or two too big would be ideal. A jumper and blouse would be good, as many rag dolls wear those. Add big buttons to these and it will be absolutely cute!

Does she have a sacrifice-able hairband or can you get one? If so, sew many thin strips of cloth to it to make the hair. Put the hairband on her and measure how long the strips will need to be in front and in back of it.

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