Instructions
Stand with your feet together. Bend your knees slightly. Cross your right thigh over your left thigh with an inhale. Hook your right toes behind your calf.
Raise your arms to shoulder height with an inhale. Cross your right arm under your left arm with an exhale. Bend your elbows and bring your palms to touch.
Gaze at one point ahead of you. Hold the pose and take slow, deep breaths.
Slowly unwind with an exhale. Return to standing. Change sides.
Alignment Cues:
Reach elbows upward
Draw shoulders downward
Gaze at a fixed point to balance
Lengthen spine
Modification:
Rest your top toes on the floor rather than hooking them behind your calf.