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Let's begin at your base by coming into a wide-legged stance.
Turn your left toes slightly in toward the body, approximately 15 degrees. Pivot on the
right heel, turning your toes out to a 90 degree angle.
Allow your tailbone to descend towards the earth as your navel draws in and up.
You should feel a slight internal rotation in the back left thigh, and external rotation
of the front right thigh, so that the knee points in the same direction as the toes.
Inhale as you float the arms up, extending from fingertip to fingertip. Exhale as you
bend the front knee. Align the front heel with the arch of the
back foot and adjust your stance as necessary to find a position that is most stable for
you. Slowly shift your weight forward then back
to find a balanced neutral position, with the weight centered directly over the hips.
Drop the right front sit bone down as you squeeze it into the midline of the body. Root
down through the outer edge of the back foot. Gaze down at your front knee to ensure the
knee is directly above the ankle and in line with the center of the foot. Spread all ten
toes. Relax the shoulders, feeling the line of energy
extend through the arms and out past the fingertips. Lightly lengthen from the tailbone to the
crown of the head. Gaze across the front fingertips. Tune into the natural rhythm of the breath.
Feel strong and steady as a warrior.