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Benefits:

  • Builds mental strength
  • Improves concentration
  • Improves core strength
  • Uses all major muscle groups
  • Exercises digestive and reproductive organs
  • Strengthens back muscles

Tips:

  • Lift your leg and engage your hip flexors BEFORE you round over to engage fingers under your foot
  • Always keep your lifted foot flexed

Check that you:

  • Keep your thumbs under your foot alongside your fingers. Relax them, they probably WON’T interlace. If they do, you probably have lots of tension and struggle in your pose
  • Are not rushing to “get” to the next or final part of the pose. Poise, deliberation and strength-building are key to this pose
  • Can breathe slowly and deeply while in the pose for better focus
  • Never let your lifted knee drop below your hip under any circumstances (especially crucial once you move out of ‘part 1’ and the leg extends). This seemingly insignificant action will protect your back from strain and damage