Yoga Pyramid Pose

Video Transcript

" Pyramid pose. Pyramid pose can be done two different ways; there are two arm variations for this pose. So, for the legs for pyramid pose just step one foot forward ad one foot back with your back foot angled in so much that you can draw a line between the top corner of your yoga mat and the toes of your back foot so it’s very strongly angled in. both hips are facing forward, and if you’re flexible enough in your forearms and wrists you can take reverse by bringing your palms together behind your back and drawing your elbows behind your back and drawing your elbows further back. If that’s too much for your hands or your forearms you can take hold of your opposite elbows behind your back. As you come into this pose you want to keep your legs very strong, this is a wonderful strengthener for the legs as well as a stretch for the hamstrings. So stretching into the floor through all four corners of your feet, feeling the heart lift, and keeping the legs very stable as you fold forward from the hips. And at our first point of flexibility, when we first start to do this point we’re usually somewhere about a table top height with this pose and as you get stronger in your legs and more flexible in your hamstrings you’ll be able to lower down and eventually you’ll be able to rest your chin on your front shin, keeping your legs strong. And they all loose, pulling back. When you come out of this pose, like all the standing poses, it’s very important to start by pressing down through the feet and following your gaze, so looking up and coming smoothly back to center, releasing your hands, turning your feet parallel and stepping back together. "