Benefits:

For your body:

• Stretches your ribcage and strengthens your intercostal muscles
• Encourages length in your neck and spine to stimulate softer muscles in your throat to breathe better
• Stretches your colon and groin

For your mind:

• When you can’t see the ground in this pose, you are confronted with concentrating on what is rather than what you wish you could see
• Focus you on the ground and gives you new muscles to control
• It allows your awareness to see what goes up and also goes down.

For your spirit:

• The elegance and grace are now in your body and mind; this pose shows that.
• Mountain peaks with the wind blowing snow off their tops look like this pose to a degree.
• Guided by the unknown or yet not seen, being in the moment you look up at the sky (if you’re outside), then you learn you’re supported by a foundation that seems to be innately there always.

(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:

• Shorten the stance you make between your feet.
• Place your hand on your back thigh to support your balance.
• Bend your front knee and take Reverse Warrior Pose

Pose Description:

1. Start from a triangle position.
2. Reach forward as far as you can.
3. Rotate your front hand palm face-up.
4. Lift your front hand to the ceiling.
5. Extend your fingers up.
6. Open your back palm face-up.
7. Root your feet evenly.
8. Release your shoulders.
9. Relax your jaw and eyes.
10. Breathe here for a few cycles.

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