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Step 1
Rest on your knees facing a wall with your forearms on the floor and clasp each elbow in the opposite hands. This is the distance that your elbows should rest throughout the entire pose. Bring your hands to center and place your palms flat on the floor and form a triangle with your thumbs and index fingers. Your fingertips should rest about 3 inches from the wall.
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Step 2
Pick up your knees and straighten your legs. Slowly walk your feet in towards your head, keeping your forearms, from elbow to fingertips, pressed into the floor. When your hips are stacked above your shoulders, bend your left knee and carefully lift the leg.
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Step 3
Point the toes of your left leg and push up through the tips. Once lifted, begin to lift your right foot, again, pointing the toes. As you lift you should be pressing your weight equally down through your arms and hands. Your head is floating off of the floor and your shoulders are lifting away from your arms.
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Step 4
Squeeze your legs together, stretching out through the toes and allow the bottoms of your feet to come into contact with the wall. Press your chest and hips out to create a gentle curve in the spine. Try not to press into the wall, rather keep the touch light so that you might learn to hold this correct posture without the wall.
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Step 5
Hold the yoga feathered peacock pose for 10 seconds up to 3 minutes, gradually adding time as you gain strength and balance. When ready, exhale and bend your left knee, gently lowering the leg. Lower the right leg and then drop your knees to the floor and your chest onto your upper thighs. Rest for a few moments in child's pose.
