How-To Modify Lunges

Movement Therapy Guide Shahada Karim teaches you how to do a lunge to open your hips with modifications and an upgrade. For this beginner How-To, you'll need a yoga mat, cork blocks, and comfortable clothing. You will start by learning a basic lunge before moving into modified versions of the pose using blocks. Shahada will also show you to use a lunge to get a deeper stretch. Watch the full How-To for more.

Shahada Karim is a Yoga Teacher and Movement Therapy Guide. Shahada’s self-imposed mission is to help every human she meets, fall in love with themselves. Over the past decade, she’s earned multiple certifications in Yoga, Ayurveda, Nutrition, and Fitness to help facilitate that mission. Previously she dedicated more than two decades to a career in Journalism and Communications. Today she brings that expertise to teaching and participating in health and wellness on both physical and digital fronts. She designed the NOURISH plans around the Ayurvedic principle, with the help of a Nutritionist and Nurse Practitioner, to make it accessible to anyone interested in taking the journey no matter what their current physical and energetic state.