Benefits:

For your body:

• Helps your equilibrium
• Strengthens your pelvic muscles
• Activates and tones your thighs and psoas muscle

For your mind:

• It brings you to the present moment you are in
• Concentrates on balancing
• Focus your mind by putting it into this moment of struggle

For your spirit:

• It makes you feel like you can hold the world
• Powers you through your connection to the ground
• It opens your heart to try what may be difficult to change it to what may be possible

(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 chair in front of you.
• Use a block or two in front of you on the floor.
• Place a block between your hands.
• Bring your hands to a prayer position on your chest.

Pose Description:

1. Start in a low lunge position.
2. Firmly plant your weight toward the sole of your front foot.
3. Hands are in a prayer position on your chest.
4. Lift your back heel and straighten your front leg. (Your body is in a capital “T” position.)
5. Engage your core and root your standing leg.
6. Point your lifted legs and toes down.
7. Level your sacral spine and hips with the floor.
8. Reach your arms over your head with your palms facing each other.
9. Activate your perineum muscle.
10. Gaze down or forward, your preference.
11. Breathe here for a few cycles.

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