Instructions
Begin kneeling with your knees hip-width apart. Curl your toes under.
Place your hands on your lower back. Lengthen your spine and expand your chest with an inhale.
Slowly arch back with an exhale, keeping your hips over your knees. One at a time, bring your hands to the insides of your ankles. Rest your neck in a neutral position.
Hold the pose and take slow, deep breaths.
Return your hands to your back, then rise with an inhale and sit back on your heels.
Alignment Cues:
Keep neck neutral
Lengthen tailbone toward floor
Reach chest toward sky
Align hips over knees
Knees hip distance wide
Modification:
Keep your hands on your low back to lessen the stretch.