Support
One sole; the opposite ankle rests on your standing thigh.
Enter
- From Mountain Pose, shift your weight onto your left foot.
- Bend your right knee and turn your right thigh outward.
- Place your right ankle on your left thigh, above the knee.
- Flex your right foot; bring your palms together at your chest.
- Exhale, send your hips back, and bend your left knee.
Hold
- Ground your heel and bases of your big and little toes.
- Keep your standing knee pointing toward the center of your foot.
- Keep your crossed foot flexed and your bent knee pointing outward.
- Hinge forward from your hips, keeping your back long.
Exit
- Inhale, raise your hips, and straighten your standing leg.
- Uncross your leg and lower your foot to the floor.
- Return to Mountain Pose and repeat on the other side.
- Breathing
- Exhale as your hips lower; breathe slowly and deeply.
- Gaze
- Softly toward the floor ahead.
- Duration
- 2–3 breaths per side.
