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Step 1
Lie on your back with your legs relaxed and feet rolled open, eyes closed and arms palms up at your sides. While it may seem like this is enough for the corpse pose, the help of a yoga partner can help to relieve and hidden tension and ensure that your body rests in the perfect position.
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Step 2
Have your yoga partner stand at your feet and lean over you grip your ankles firmly yet gently. Your partner should pick your legs up off of the ground and pull back gently enough to create a stretch, but not so hard as to pull you along the floor. After a gentle stretch, your partner should hold your legs about hip width apart and slowly lower them to the ground.
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Step 3
Remain completely relaxed as your partner straddles your waist and leans forward to hold your wrists. As your arms are lifted together with the palms touching, keep you neck and shoulders free without tension. Your partner should squeeze your wrists together gently and then lift the arms, once again, enough to create a gentle stretch but not so much that it lifts you off of the ground.
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Step 4
Breathe slowly and deeply as your yoga partner applies the final stretch. Your partner should knees just above your head and cup the base of your neck near the shoulders in his hands, fingers intertwined at the back of your neck. Relax fully as he gently pulls up and away, lengthening the neck and then rests your head on the floor.
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Step 5
Make sure that you remain relaxed as you partner gently pulls your limbs and then sets them on the ground again. Let your body roll open once your legs and arms touch the ground again. You should feel an immediate release of tension with each gentle assisted stretch.
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Step 6
Hold the yoga corpse pose for at least 5 minutes, or as long as you like.
