Benefits:

For your body:

• Assists your lymphatic system
• Strengthens stabilizer muscles in your joints

For your mind:

• Clear your mind to learn how to diverge your eyes
• Encourages your equilibrium
• Focus on breathing to remain centered.

For your spirit:

• Tests your determination
• When you can’t see in front of you, what will you focus on

(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:

• Place a block under your foot to “kickstand” your body to help you balance on one leg.
• Sit in a chair and do the posture.
• Hug your shoulders if you are tight in your upper body.

Pose Description:

1. Starting from a standing position.
2. Reach your arms overhead and clap your hands.
3. With a slight gentle bend in your knees to release your toes.
4. Swing your right arm underneath your left arm at the elbow crease.
5. Continue to wrap up your forearms to your hands.
6. Lengthen your fingers and widen your shoulders.
7. Draw your shoulders down your back, sit back and down, and bend your left leg slowly.
8. Root your left foot down firmly and steadily.
9. Level your shoulders over your hips and maintain still in your body’s spine.
10. Lift only your right leg and wrap your left thigh; continue to bind your ankle and foot.
11. (Modify if needed, check modifications above.)
12. Breathe here for 6 to 9 breaths. Sit deeper at your will.
13. (To Exit) Unwrap your leg first, then swing your arms overhead to a clap.
14. Begin again on your left side.

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