Yoga: Crow Pose

Video Transcript

"We have talked about staying out of the wrists and working the strength of the forearms so we are ready to begin our balance sequence on the hands. Now use your fingers like you would use your toes to balance you. You are in a standing position, your toes are spread and they are fluctuating to keep you in balance. Come on to your hands and knees and then place the feet on either side of the wrist so you are going to lift the hips in more of a squatting position. Nice. Then the hips lift just slightly. Lower your hips a little bit more towards the heels. Nice. So you have got a rounded back but not too rounded. Pull up through the center section like a parachute and it is called crow pose. Your knees are on the back side of the tricep. Now Julie is just going to lean forward a little bit letting her fingers stop her from going too far forward. Take the hips down towards your heels a little bit, nice, now puff out the kidneys, breath deep and squeeze the inner thighs so your knees are hugging the upper arm towards center. When you are ready you can take the feet off the floor or keep a toe on the floor. That's crow pose. Very nice. Now coming, down, hold for about five breaths or work your way up to five breaths and then come down so that you place the feet on the floor and sit back on your heels. Good job."