How To Do the Extended Hand To Toe Pose

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Hamstrung by your hamstrings? Unbalanced by your imbalance? This is a great pose to improve both.

To complete this How-To you will need:

Comfortable clothing suitable for stretching and moving
A calm place where you won't be distracted or disturbed
A yoga mat or folded blanket

Step 1: Mountain Pose

Stand at the front of your mat with your feet shoulder-width apart and your weight evenly distributed between them, your spine erect, and your arms at your sides.

Step 2: Raise right knee

While exhaling, bend your right knee, and bring it up toward your chest. Slip the middle and index fingers of your right hand around the big toe on your right foot. Place your left hand on your hip, and remain balanced this way for several breaths.

Tip: If you're having trouble balancing on one foot, do this exercise near a wall so you can steady yourself or help yourself come out of the pose gracefully.

Step 3: Extend right leg

While inhaling, slowly extend your right leg, keeping your fingers entwined with your big toe. Straighten your standing leg. Lift your chest forward and up, and lift the top of your head straight up toward the ceiling. Do not lean back.

Step 4: Hold pose

Hold the pose for several breaths.

Step 5: Lower leg

Slowly bend your right knee and bring your right leg back close to your body.

Step 6: Lower foot

Release your fingers from your toe and lower your foot to the ground, and relax.

Step 7: Repeat pose

Repeat the pose with your left leg and hold it for the same number of breaths that you did on your right.

Step 8: Release pose

Release the pose and lower your left foot to the ground. Definitely better than unstrung and unbalanced.

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1:42

who stands like that at all.

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