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Summary: The bird of paradise pose in yoga is an advanced pose with the fingers clasped and the body standing on one leg. Learn advanced yoga poses and twists like the bird of paradise from an instructor in this free yoga video.
Nora Forziati has practiced yoga and meditation for more than 20 years. She is a certified yoga instructor and owner of Half Moon Yoga and Wellness in Contoocook, New Hampshire, where...read more
"Coming down into Bird of Paradise Pose. So let's begin by hinging ourselves forward and bending this left leg. We're going to take our left arm and reach it underneath and we're going to take our right arm, reaching it around the back of the body, clasping the fingers. And once we have the fingers clasp, let's put a bend into the right leg, starting to lift ourselves up to standing. And we may we stop here, that's maybe enough or we can extend the left leg long, coming back to center and let's release that. Another option here is to use the strap here as well. So as we come down, we can reach for our strap, lifting up and extending the leg."
eHow Article: Yoga Bird of Paradise Pose