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Moving into Bow Pose. We will be looking at Half Bow, Bow with some modifications, as
well as the full Bow Pose. Which, some of you may have seen in pictures or maybe you
practice it at home right now. So, let us go ahead and bring ourselves down onto our
bellies. And, let us start by our right hand underneath the forehead. Let us rest that
forehead right down on the hand. And, let us bend the left leg. Flexing the ankle. And,
let us reach the left arm behind. And, maybe this is as far as you are able to get. If
this is it, just keep reaching for that ankle. Otherwise, you are going to hold onto the
ankle. Pressing the ankle into the hand. So, we can feel some lifting coming from the chest
and from the thigh. Another modification we can use instead of just reaching, we can loop
our strap around the ankle and pulling that towards the body. This becomes more of a quad
stretch than a chest opener. But, it is another modification that you can take. We are moving
into a full Bow. We will just be bending both ankles, both knees. Flexing both ankles. Reaching
for those ankles and then lifting through the chest. Lifting legs off the surface if
we are able to. Taking a few breaths and then releasing that down to the floor.