Yoga Seated Poses: Head to Knee Pose

Video Transcript

"Janu Sirsasana, head to knee pose. We've traded in your feet with your sitting poses for your sit bones. That's going to be your stability. Plug in the sit bones firmly into the earth. Let's go ahead, and extend your right leg forward, drawing your left leg in. First thing you're going to do is create the length from your hips to your shoulders, so that you're sitting up nice and tall. You want to create length from your inner groin to your big toe. With an inhale, we're going to lengthen the arms, lengthen the sides. The exhale is going to hinge you from your hips so that you're leading with your sternum, coming towards the foot. Now, the first place you're going to utilize. We're not looking for a curve in that upper back. You want to keep the back long, and lead with the sternum, so utilize your straps here. Let's not stay unsupported; using the earth, using your body, using your strap. Be able to come into your pose, let the shoulders release, keep lengthening the elbows out, keep drawing your body towards your foot, and release. Ground the heel, ground the sit bones, create length, and then switch to the other side."