Yoga Eagle Pose

Video Transcript

"Garudasana, Eagle. Eagle is a great pose. It's going to hit all twelve joints of your body, so you're going to gain length or openness in your joints and you're going to gain strength. It's a great pose for arthritis. So we're going to begin with the feet in line with your hips for stability. And as with all of your poses, you need to pause to find Tadasana in the soles of your feet so the weight's not back, it's not forward, in or out. And it's going to be more important in your balancing poses cause that's where you're going to start the balance from. Your new inhale is going to have you sit slightly back into your hips so that you're coming into a Chair. Again, not shifting the weight from the soles of your feet, they need to be maintained. The inhale will extend both arms, and with an exhale you're going to bing around that right arm below your left. Finding stability, we're going to use an inhale to lift that right leg up and over. Now if you have the ability to hook that right foot behind your left calf, that's going to be the finish product of your pose. And usually people with nice long limbs can get that done with very little effort. Lengthen the spine, release the shoulders. Balance is about focus, strength and flexibility."