Hand To Foot

Pada Hastasana

Pronounce: PAH-dah hah-STAH-sah-nah

Instructions

Stand with your feet hip distance wide and parallel. Bend forward from your hips with an exhale. Lengthen your torso as you come down. Lift your toes and tuck your palms underneath your feet all the way up to your wrists. Press your toes into the heels of your hands. Lift your sit bones toward the sky and let your head hang. Hold the pose and take slow, deep breaths. Release your hands. Lengthen your spine with an inhale and rise to standing. Alignment Cues: Relax neck Bend knees as needed Tuck hands under feet up to wrists Press toes into heels of hands Lift sit bones toward sky Modification: Bend your knees.
Exercise Name: Hand To Foot Instruction: Stand with your feet hip distance wide and parallel. Bend forward from your hips with an exhale. Lengthen your torso as you come down. Lift your toes and tuck your palms underneath your feet all the way up to your wrists. Press your toes into the heels of your hands. Lift your sit bones toward the sky and let your head hang. Hold the pose and take slow, deep breaths. Release your hands. Lengthen your spine with an inhale and rise to standing. Alignment Cues: Relax neck Bend knees as needed Tuck hands under feet up to wrists Press toes into heels of hands Lift sit bones toward sky Modification: Bend your knees. Primary Body Parts: Hamstrings, Wrists Secondary Body Parts: Calves, Lower Back, Neck & Upper Traps, Shoulders, Spine Equipments: Categories: Forward bends, Inversions, Standing