Benefits:

For your body:

• Increases your Quad and Hamstring strength
• Stretches your intercostal muscles around your ribcage
• Supports eye focus and equilibrium

For your mind:

• Concentrates your mind on one point
• Focus your breath with your body in an ebb and flow as they balance with one another
• Relaxing your eyes opens the ability to think clearly about one thing

For your spirit:

• Strengthens balance within oneself
• Encourages you to try again
• You can see that learning about yourself is a thrilling adventure

(DISCLAIMER: DO THESE POSES TO YOUR ABILITY; YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR OWN BODY AND WHAT YOU DO. BE SAFE, AND YOU CAN BE SUCCESSFUL.)

Modifications:

• Use a wall, chair, or bar to assist your balance or to relieve a little pressure off your knee.
• Use a strap to help grapple your foot.
• Have a partner to help you stand tall.

Pose Description:

1. Start from standing at attention pose with hands in prayer on your chest.
2. Open your right hand, thumb back, and palm facing up.
3. Root your left foot down and engage your core.
4. Bend your right knee and grab your right foot’s arch.
5. Reach your left hand forward and your right arm back.
6. Root your left foot down again and kick your right foot back into your hand.
7. Gaze down your pointer finger and breathe here.
8. Relax your eyes and watch your toes lift over your crown.
9. Breathe here for a few cycles.

Relax, Rest, and Practice Again. You Can Do This! You Are A Yogi!