Benefits:

For your body:

• Opens your inner thigh and hip muscles
• Strengthens your extended legs quad muscle
• Can build even more awareness of your pelvic muscles

For your mind:

• This pose can calm your mind from being too emotional
• Increases recognition of the thoughts you may have too much of
• Allows you to overcome the thought that you aren’t flexible and learn new ways of thinking about flexibility

For your spirit:

• You can jump and get over any “hurdle” in front of you
• When your body becomes more flexible your mind will follow and then how valuable this connection with yourself will become
• You control the pace of much more than just the speed of your body, but time because of your breath and your mind because the control of your thought process

Modifications:

• Lower your back knee to the floor to support to-tight hips.
• Use two blocks under your hands or forearms.
• Get a towel or pillow to lay on or to place your knee on.

Pose Description:

1. Start in a push-up position.
2. Kick your right foot back.
3. Draw your right knee forward to a low lunge position.
4. Heel-toe your right foot outside your right pinky finger.
5. Step your right foot forward with your toes in a line with your fingertips.
6. Open your right leg and hip how you need to.
7. (You can lower your back knee down to the mat.)
8. Plant your back ball mound evenly to flex your left thigh.
9. Lower your forearms to the ground to increase a stretch.
10. Breathe here for a few cycles.