Yoga Instruction
Focus: Ankles
Level: Advanced
Total Time: 10-30 seconds
Indications: Balance, shoulders, chest, groin, abdomen
Contraindications: injury to ankle, arm, elbow, knee, low back
The Lord of The Dance
Note:
The lord of the dance focuses on building strength in your ankles and legs while simultaneously stretching your chest, shoulders, abdomen, thighs and groin. It can help improve your balance. Beginners to this pose may find it difficult to balance themselves; don’t hesitate to seek out the aid of a wall for extra support. Often, a light touch on a stable surface can trick your body into thinking it has another solid point of contact, enabling you to sustain your balance more easily.
Pose Instruction
- Begin by standing in mountain pose. Stand tall and straight with your feet separated enough to feel stable. Establish a solid connection with the ground by shifting your weight distribution so that it is equally divided between the base of your big toes, the base of your little toes, and both left and right sides of your heels.
- Breathe in, balance yourself on your right foot and lift your left foot off
- the ground by bending your knee and raising your foot toward your rear. Press the top of your right thigh back into your hip joint and raise your kneecap.
- While keeping your body upright, reach behind your body and grab hold of your outer foot with your left hand. At the same time, raise your pubis toward your abdomen and lower your tailbone toward the ground to avoid shortening your back.
- Start raising your left foot up and away from your body. Stretch your left thigh away from you until it’s parallel to the ground. At the same time, extend your right arm in front of you, also parallel to the ground.
- Stay in this position for up to 30 seconds, breathing deeply and steadily.
- To release yourself from this pose, let go of your foot, bring it back to the ground.
- Return to mountain pose. Stand tall and straight with your feet separated enough to feel stable. Establish a solid connection with the ground by shifting your weight distribution so that it is equally divided between the base of your big toes, the base of your little toes, and both left and right sides of your heels.
- Repeat the process on your right foot.
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