Crescent Lunge

Anjaneyasana

Pronounce: AHN-jah-nay-AH-sah-nah

Instructions

Begin in Downward Facing Dog. Step your right foot in between your hands with an exhale. Rise onto your fingertips. Engage your back leg. Reach your arms toward the sky with an inhale, palms facing each other. Bring your torso upright. Bend your right knee with an exhale, bringing the thigh parallel to the floor. Align knee over ankle. Hold the pose and take slow, deep breaths. Lower to Downward Facing Dog with an exhale. Change sides. Alignment Cues: Lengthen tailbone toward floor Draw shoulders away from ears Lift back heel Align knee over ankle Draw lower ribs in and down Modification: Keep your hands on your hips or back knee on the floor, toes untucked.
Exercise Name: Crescent Lunge Instruction: Begin in Downward Facing Dog. Step your right foot in between your hands with an exhale. Rise onto your fingertips. Engage your back leg. Reach your arms toward the sky with an inhale, palms facing each other. Bring your torso upright. Bend your right knee with an exhale, bringing the thigh parallel to the floor. Align knee over ankle. Hold the pose and take slow, deep breaths. Lower to Downward Facing Dog with an exhale. Change sides. Alignment Cues: Lengthen tailbone toward floor Draw shoulders away from ears Lift back heel Align knee over ankle Draw lower ribs in and down Modification: Keep your hands on your hips or back knee on the floor, toes untucked. Primary Body Parts: Calves, Hamstrings, Quadriceps, Shoulders Secondary Body Parts: Chest, Glutes & Hip Flexors, Ankles, Knees, Spine Equipments: Categories: Back bends, Balancing, Hip openers, Standing