Alignment Principles

• Start in Dandasana (staff pose).
• Plant your hands slightly behind you so that you’re leaning backwards a little with the fingers pointing forwards.
• Squeeze your legs together and point your toes.
• Bend your elbows a bit to avoid hyperextending them.
• Take an inhale to lift your hips up to the sky.
• Press your heels into the earth and hug your shoulders back to lift through the heart.
• Squeeze your glutes for extra lift and support.
• Option to drop your head back to open through the throat.

Prep. Poses:

• Staff Pose (Dandasana)
• Plank Pose
• Bridge Pose (Setu Bandha Sarvangasana)
• Dhanurasana (Wheel Pose)
• Prone Shoulder/Pec Opener
• Locust Pose (Shalabhasana) with hands interlaced behind back