Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana - Extended Hand to Big Toe

ALIGNMENT

From Tadasana, hands on hips, pour your weight into the three points of your left foot

Bend your right knee and lift your leg to your chest. Reach your right arm to the inside of your leg and grip your big toe with your thumb and first two fingers. Press your big toeinto your fingers and your fingers into your big toe

Inhale, straighten your right leg, press out through the heel, lengthen up through your spine to the tip of your crown, gaze forward

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Natarajasana - Lord of the Dance

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ALIGNMENT

From Tadasana, inhale, pour your weight into your left foot, bend your right leg back and lift your heel up towards your right buttocks

Reach back with your right hand and hold onto the outside of your right foot. Lift your right foot up and back. Press your foot into your hand and your hand into your foot

Extend your sternum forward and up, broaden through the collarbones

Reach your left arm up high, press your thumb and forefinger together, gaze to the fingers of your left hand

Vrksasana - Tree

ALIGNMENT

From Tadasana, hands on hips, pour all your weight into the three points of your left foot

Bend your right knee and open your hip out to the side, inhale, place your right foot at the top of your left thigh

Exhale, press your right foot against your inner left thigh and your thigh into your foot. Place your hands on your hip bones to check they are level, press firmly into the standing leg

Lengthen up through your spine to
the tip of your crown, bring your hands to prayer position in front of your chest, inhale, raise your hands up over your head, broaden your collarbones, gaze forward

Garudasana - Eagle

ALIGNMENT

From Tadasana, bend your left knee and cross your right leg over your left thigh. Hook your right toes around your left calf

Bend your elbows, cross your left elbow over your right elbow, wrap your left hand around your right hand and press your palms together

Lift your upper arms up, fingers reaching up. Lengthen the spine, broaden through your collarbones, keeping a bend in your left knee, gaze either side of your hands