How to Assume the Yoga Half-Moon Pose

Half-Moon Pose, or Ardha Chandrasana, is a powerful standing pose that requires both strength and balance. Read on to learn how to assume it.

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Instructions

How to Assume the Yoga Half-Moon Pose

1. From a standing position move into a lunge pose, stepping your right foot forward and bending your right knee. Turn your left foot out to a 45 degree angle.

2. Begin to tip your weight forward and lift your back leg off the ground.

3. Place your right hand on the ground about eight inches in front of your right foot.

4. Place your left hand over your left hip. Keeping your shoulders up, turn your chest to face to the left.

5. Lift your left leg up into the air so that it is parallel to the ground. Stack your hips over each other so that your weight is solely on your right foot and hip, and your right fingers on the ground for balance.

6. If this is comfortable, lift your lift arm up into the air and look up at your fingertips. Stay here and breathe, for about twenty seconds.

7. To come out of the pose, you can either slide your left leg to the floor and come back to a lunge, or try lifting your right hand off the floor, balancing for a second, and standing back into warrior two pose.