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Lying on your back, try to establish mountain pose as best as possible.

Draw your arms level with your shoulders, maintaining contact with the ground through the full length of the arm with your palms facing up.

"Reach to infinity" through the fingers and the arms.

Keeping the legs together, raise the knees so they are at right angles to the hips, and feet are right angles to the knees.

On an exhalation, and maintaining the relationship between hips and knees and knees and feet, lower the knees to one side. Only go to a point where the shoulder on the opposite side of the body is able to maintain its position on the floor.

Breathing in, smoothly return the legs to the 12 o'clock position and repeat on the other side.

During this movement, imagine the spine being lengthened from head to tail bone, as well as being twisted.

BENEFITS
BENEFITS

Stretches through the lower back and opposite shoulder of turning direction.

Develops control and strength through the abdomen and lower back.

BEGINNERS ADVICE
BEGINNERS ADVICE

You might like to start by taking knees to 30° each side, then 60°, before attempting to go to 90°.

Use your breath as a guide as to when to move, out as you go down, in as you return to the top.

CHALLENGE
CHALLENGE

Hold the knee/leg position for an extra breath out, returning on the 2nd inhalation.

Begin to explore the position of your feet in relation to your knees, with additional extension or lengthening through the knees making the movement more challenging to control and hold.

ADJUSTMENTS / WHAT TO LOOK FOR
ADJUSTMENTS / WHAT TO LOOK FOR

Maintain a soft throat and face.

Keep the opposite shoulder to the rotation direction on the ground.

Move with the breath.

Palms to stay open and fingers relaxed.

Look to push out from the heels while your feet are in the air.

You have gone beyond your limit if your opposite shoulder leaves the ground.

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