Instructions
Sit with your legs stretched in front of you. Shift to your right and bend your knees, bringing your feet near your left hip. Rest your left ankle on arch of your right foot.
Lengthen your spine with an inhale. Twist to the right with an exhale. Place your right fingertips on the floor behind you and tuck your left hand underneath and to the right of your right knee, palm on the floor. Wrap your right arm behind you and clasp your left upper arm.
Lengthen with each inhalation and twist deeper with each exhalation, gazing over your right shoulder.
Hold the pose and take slow, deep breaths.
Slowly unwind with an exhale. Change sides.
Alignment Cues:
Draw shoulders away from ears
Soften neck
Buttocks on the floor
Soften belly
Modification:
Press the back of your left hand against your thigh instead of tucking it under. Keep your right fingertips on the floor.