How-To Do a Modified Seated Fold

Movement Therapy Guide Shahada Karim teaches you how to do a modified seated fold with cork yoga blocks. This pose is great for stretching out the entire back, hamstrings, and calves. Shahada will also show you how to upgrade the post for a deeper stretch. No prior yoga experience is necessary. To get started, all you need is a yoga mat, comfortable clothing, and yoga blocks.

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.