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Step 5: To tone your legs, try standing with your feet hip-width apart, and toes pointing forward. Extend your arms out to the front, and with your weight pressing into your heels move up and down as if about to sit in a chair. If you feel unsteady initially with this exercise, hold on to the back of a chair to do your up and down movements. Do this 15 times.
Step 6: For another good toning exercise for the legs and buttocks, stand with feet wide apart and toes pointing outwards. With hands rested against the inside of the thighs, move down slowly, ensuring that you keep your back straight. Once you have moved down as far as you can go, hold for five seconds and then slowly move back to the starting position. Do this 15 times.
Step 7: Standing with your legs apart and feet forward, lift one arm behind your head, elbow bent, with fingers facing down your back. Aim to meet this hand with your other arm going up behind your back. Very gently, push for a count of five. Hold one end of a washcloth and raise your arm up, bending your elbow behind your head. Swap arms and repeat. Bend your other arm behind to grasp the washcloth. Pull gently in opposite directions. Hold for five breaths and release. Switch arms, repeat.
Step 8: Apart from building strength and muscle flexibility, yoga helps you to relax your mind and also improves your concentration level. You can practice it for at least 15 minutes everyday, such as Upavishtakonasana. Sit with your legs stretched sideways as far out as possible. Bend forward to try and touch your chin on the floor in front of you, while you grab hold of your toes on either side with your hands. Try to keep your spine as straight as possible, and try not to bend your knees. Hold for one minute. And release the stretch. This gives an intense stretch to the inner thighs. Improves the flexibility of the pelvic region.
