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Summary: Start this yoga pose with a manual inner spiral. Learn more about the health benefits of yoga poses and twists in this free fitness lesson from an Anusara yoga instructor.
"And when you take your legs wide you can do a manual inner spiral. Which means that you lean to one side so that the other hip comes up off floor. Take one hand to the back of the thigh where the buttock meets the thigh and one hand to the inner thigh. Turn the flesh in and even move the bone. Widen it back and apart. And, then sit back down on the sits bone. Then, just notice the difference. You'll feel now that the left side feels much more broad and spacious. Then, lean to the other side and do the same thing. Thigh turns in, bone also moves back and widens apart. And, then when you come back to center root the tail bone down so the legs feel stable and rooted on the earth. Then, soften your face. Create freedom in the breath and lengthen your spine up toward the sky so you get long. Now to twist, we're going to twist toward the right leg. So, again inhale. Lengthen your spine. And, then as you exhale twist the belly from the left side. That's where the twist starts, toward the right. Again, inhale. Lengthen and exhale twist. Now, as you get more twisted if you feel that you do have a curve in your lower back then it's safe to fold forward. You can take a strap around the balls of the right toes. You keep the twist. Inhale, lengthen the spine. Root down through the tail bone. Extend through the legs, get even longer. And, then as you exhale fold forward. You can even keep pulsing the twist. Inhaling, lengthen and exhale fold. And, then inhale. Come all the way back to center and repeat on the second side."
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