ALRIGHT! EVERYBODY STRETCH OUT!

Kneel on hands and knees.
Turn hands so fingers face backward.
Inhale.
Exhale and lean forward.
Keep elbows straight but not locked.
Feel the stretch in the front of your shoulder.

Stand straight. Inhale.
Exhale and attempt to touch hands behind your back.
The higher you can get your hands, the better the stretch.
Feel the stretch in the front of your shoulders and pectoral muscles.

Bend one at the elbow.
Reach behind your head and grasp the raised elbow.
Inhale.
Exhale and pull the elbow toward your head.
Feel the stretch in your shoulder and under your arm.

Stand erect.
Bring one arm in front of your chest.
Grasp the outside of that arm with your opposite hand.
Inhale.
Exhale and draw your arm across your chest.
Feel the stretch in the back of your shoulder.

Stand erect with feet slightly apart.
Inhale and extend arms straight out to the sides.
Exhale, and cross arms in front of your with the right arm over the left arm.
Repeat, going the other way with the left arm over the right arm.
Perform stretch slow and rhythmically.
Feel the stretch in your whole shoulder.

Kneel down and clasp hands behind you.
Inhale.
Exhale and bend forward at the waist.
Feel the stretch in the front of your shoulders and pectoral muscles.

Place both hands on your shoulders with fingers facing toward the center of your chest.
Inhale.
Exhale and rotate shoulders backward and forward.
Feel the stretch all through your shoulder girdle.

Place a chair in front of you or use a high counter.
Bend forward and place hands on edge of chair or counter.
Inhale.
Exhale and twist your torso to one side.
Repeat with the other side.
Feel the stretch all along the outside of your shoulder.

Stand near a wall.
Raise one hand overhead with palm facing outward.
Turn other palm backward.
Inhale.
Exhale and reach further back with each hand at the same time.
Feel the stretch all through your shoulder.

Sit on the floor with knees raised and feet flat on the floor.
Lean back so palms touch floor behind you.
Inhale.
Exhale and reach a little further back and/or roll your shoulders slightly forward.
Feel the stretch in your whole shoulder.

Sit on the floor with knees raised and feet flat on the floor.
Lean back so palms touch floor behind you.
Inhale.
Exhale and reach a little further back and/or roll your shoulders slightly forward.
Feel the stretch in your whole shoulder.

Stand erect.
Bring one elbow up and lower you hand behind you.
Inhale.
Exhale and reach behind you from below with the other hand.
Try to touch both hands.
Feel the stretch all along your shoulders.

Kneel on the floor.
Place one hand flat on the floor, elbow bent.
Inhale.
Exhale, and extend the other arm straight out to the side.
Feel the stretch all around your shoulders.
IT'S TIME!
