Remember Chak De girl Vidya Malavade? The actor, who is now a yoga teacher and Ashtanga yogi, has been inspiring us with her fitness pics. Take a look!
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Watch her do the urdhva dhanurasana. 'This is the deepest urdhva dhanurasana I have ever been in (shoulders and chest almost in line with my wrists)', she reveals. Photographs: Courtesy Vidya Malavade/Instagram
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Some of her basic postures to open the psoas (hip flexor) and the shoulders...
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...and effortlessly she slips into a stretch.
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This is not as easy as it looks. Vidya attempts a yoga trapeze.
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Bend it like Vidya. Such flexibility comes only with practice and her weeks of practice is finally paying off.
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Wonder if yoga was solely responsible for that incredible figure.
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Yoga makes her happy and her dedication is the proof.
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This is how she celebrated International Day of Yoga.
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