Instructions
Stand with your feet together. Allow your arms to hang by your sides. Reach the crown of your head toward the sky. Point your tailbone toward the floor.
Reach your arms out and up with an inhale, bringing your palms to touch overhead. Gaze diagonally upward. Relax your shoulders downward. Engage your core and thighs and lift your kneecaps up.
Hold the pose and take slow, deep breaths.
Lower your arms with an exhale.
Alignment Cues:
Point tailbone toward floor
Lift kneecaps up
Draw lower ribs in
Soften shoulders
Do not lock elbows
Modification:
Gaze forward, keep the arms wide or step the feet hip distance wide.