Hello Everyone!

I know what you're thinking, but no, it's not that hard.

Trust me, if I can do it, you can too.

As mentioned in a previous post, I have the balance of a drunken camel.

So let's try this together, and try to avoid death.

In Preparation:

•  It is important to note that you must be warmed up before trying out any poses. So warm up before beginning to avoid injury.
• Once warmed up and ready, begin by stretching out the wrists. this pose puts a lot of strain on the fragile carpal bones, so it is important to warm up the wrists before beginning. Get on all fours, and turn your hands so that your fingers are facing your legs. This may feel uncomfortable, but only go as far as you can. Begin to sit back on your heels, leaving the palms of your hands as flat as possible. Feel the stretch in the wrists.

• After stretching, prepare for the pressure on the wrists by warming them up. Come into Downward Facing Dog, and move your weight forward slightly. Continue to alternate between pressure on the wrists and feet.

• Come forward into Plank Pose, and hold it for a few breaths, this will get the wrists used to having weight on them.

• Come back into Downward Facing Dog and repeat the process until the wrists feel sufficiently warmed up.

Now To Begin With The Pose:

• To begin, come into a crouching position. I have to put on a wrist guard before doing poses like this, because of an injury. I is power ranger.

Hell yeah!

• From this crouching position, place your hands on the side of one of your legs.

• Place the leg up against the elbows of the arms. Bend the elbows slightly, so that they make a shelf for your leg to balance on. Place the bend of the knee into the elbow closest to it, and place the hip against the other elbow; as shown below.

• Adjust yourself as necessary to feel comfortable.
• Now begin to slowly put your weight onto the shelf of the arms, and slowly begin to lean forward.

• Once you feel comfortable, lean totally forward. if you need to, you can put your weight onto your head slightly, until you get the arm balance right. Lift up the head when you are ready, and there you go!

• If you feel comfortable here, you can try to slowly straighten the top leg, and raise it.

You can do as many different variations as you like once you feel comfortable, and if you only feel comfortable at any of the other steps, stay there until you feel ready to progress.

Lastly, do not be discouraged by falling. It happens a lot. To everyone.

The best way to get into a difficult pose, is to lose the fear of falling. Once the fear is gone, you will be able to push past your limits and do more than what you expected you could.

Well there you have it, I hope you enjoyed this post, and that you try this pose out!

Let me know in the comments if you have any questions, and if you are going to try the pose.

As always, have a great day everyone!

Namaste