Full Spectrum Yoga Parsvakonasana

Video Transcript

"From Tadasana take a wide leg stance, four to five feet apart, and then check out your second toes, make sure they're parallel to each other and to the outer edges of the mat, that they're making parallel lines through the center of the ankle and the center of the heel. Then turn your right foot out and line up the right heel so that it bisects the left arch, and then take a deep bend in your right leg. As your right leg bends deeply, take your right forearm to the top of your right thigh, and your left hand to your hip. Receive your breath and allow your skin to soften, and then as you receive the breath, engage the leg muscles so the legs are firm. Draw energy to the core of the pelvis, and then from the core of the pelvis, scoop the tailbone down and extend through the legs. Good, now stretch your left arm over your head and draw the left shoulder back, draw the right shoulder back, and open up the pose, turning your heart toward the sky. Pushing into your feet, inhale, rise back up, turn your right foot in, turn your left foot out, take a deep bend in your left leg. As the left leg bends deeply, take the forearm to the thigh, the right hand to the hip, deepen your breath, and then sweep your right arm up and over your head. Turn your heart open toward the sky, and then inhale, lift all the way back up, turn the left foot in to come back to center."