Support
The sole of one foot; hands unsupported.
Enter
- From Warrior I, shift your weight toward your right foot.
- Keep your arms raised; join your palms without interlacing fingers.
- Hinge at your hip and lift your left leg behind you.
- Straighten your standing leg and flex your lifted foot.
- Align your arms, torso, and lifted leg parallel to the floor.
Hold
- Straighten both knees without pushing your standing knee backward.
- Level your pelvis; face both hip points toward the floor.
- Reach your hands forward and your lifted foot back.
- Bring your arms beside your ears; flex your lifted foot.
Exit
- Bend your standing knee and return to Warrior I.
- Bring your feet together and lower your arms in Mountain.
- Repeat with your left leg supporting you.
- Breathing
- Keep breathing throughout the hold.
- Gaze
- Gaze at the floor ahead of you.
- Duration
- Five breaths per side.