

You can even place your hands on your thighs to protect your back further. If your back is tight and stiff or especially injured, bend your knees as you lower your hands to the floor. This is a combination of two postures Half Moon with Hands to Feet pose (Ardha Chandrasana/Padahastasana).īe conscious of the way you begin the posture. Many beginners believe the forward bend is a part of the Half Moon. This is the forward bend done at the end of the Half Moon. Slowly lift your hips up to the ceiling as you press your face into your shins in a combined motion until you completely straighten your legs.It is more important to keep your upper body pressed to your legs, the fingers under the heels and the elbows behind the legs than it is to straighten the legs.

Touch your stomach to your thighs, your chests to your knees and after 2 to 3 counts press your face on your shins.Lift your hips up toward the ceiling and place the fingers under the heels so the little fingers touch, this allows the elbows to work around the back of the calves (as if you are touching your elbows behind you).Be careful with your knees and squat down, relieving the pressure from your lower back. Just hang forward and relax your whole body.Bend forward from the waist keeping your knees straight, thighs lifted and back flat (bend the knees and round forward to modify).
