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Then you can start working with the back leg, as you bring the back leg in, you can bring
it closer, let it touch, elbow. This is a very challenging balance I think, up and over,
challenging the flexibility, hold the toe, balance. And then, you are free to stay in
that pose as long as you want, keep working your variations, keep breathing. And when
you're ready to come out, I call this the Big Pigeon. Big Pigeon, look at the angle
of the leg. That leg is straight across the mat, not angling towards the hip, straight
out. It makes a very big pose, gradually, you know, when you start off you're doing
it all the way off on one side; you wonder, is this right, should I be on a prop or change
my leg? And everyone's tempted to pull this in, but, keep it out there. Gradually and
it may take some time, you may have to be committed to it, but eventually, this will
happen. Face forward, pelvis forward, spine forward. And if you lift up, you can bow down.