Benefits:

For your body:

• Stretches your IT band
• Supports spacial balance
• Strengthens your pelvic floor muscles

For your mind:

• It helps you focus on the small things, like the tension in your jaw
• Increases connection to the floor and how you think about it
• Concentration gained improves your ability to reduce stress

For your spirit:

• “This is intense, but I’m not tense.”
• You can breathe with a little more fire now
• Stimulates inner strength

(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:

• Keep your hands in prayer position on your chest.
• Use a chair placed in front of you to help you balance.

Pose Description:

1. Start from a low lunge position.
2. Place your hands on your hips.
3. Step your back foot forward one foot.
4. Rotate your back foot to 45 degrees or less.
5. Heel to the floor. (Intense stretch in the back leg.)
6. Draw your left hip forward in line with your right.
7. Relax your shoulders and engage your core.
8. Reach your arms over your head and face your palms towards each other.
9. Release your tongue and breath here for a few cycles.

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