Begin on the floor in a comfortable semi-supine position. Allow yourself to be supported by the surface underneath you for a breath or two, releasing into gravity.
Draw both knees up toward the torso, then drop them over to one side. Extend your top arm in the opposite direction from your knees, coming into a luxurious diagonal twist. Look in the direction of your outstretched arm.
Take a few breaths to feel into this shape, allowing gravity to work on you. As you soften into this shape, encourage sensations of movement in the ribs and lengthening and release through the abdomen.
You might want to use your bottom hand to reach across the torso and feel for rib movement. If it feels good, try massaging your side body, including the spaces between your rib bones and the muscles of your side waist, with your fingertips.
Before moving to the second side, take a moment in the center to note any differences in breath sensation. GIve the knees a gentle squeeze, jostle the hips, or roll back and forth or from side to side around the lower back, then drop the knees to the second side and extend the arm.
Continue to allow the breath to move and expand as you open into the diagonal twist on the second side. Aim for ease, comfort, and pleasure as you research your breath sensations.
As you wrap up, once again explore a gentle squeeze, wiggle, or rocking movement in the center, then release back to a comfortable semi-supine position.
Take a few moments at the end of the exercise to feel your breath at rest, sensing any shift in your awareness of your spine, side bodies, and abdomen. Try to take this awareness with you into the next thing you do.