Forward bend

Ardha Hanumanasana - Half Monkey or Half Splits

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ALIGNMENT

From Anjaneyasana, with hands on bricks or to the ground, work on straightening your right leg and flex your foot. Inhale, lengthen up through the spine, broaden through the collarbones, exhale, fold forward from the hip joint over your right leg.

Hips stacked over knees, draw your right hip back in line with your left hip. Lift your sternum forward, hug your outer hips to the midline, gaze to your right foot.

Halasana - Plough

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ALIGNMENT

From Salamba Sarvangasana, exhale, slowly lower your toes to the floor behind your head, hinge from the hips joints.

Straighten your legs, lift the top of your thighs and sit bones towards the ceiling. Roll your inner thighs down to the ground.

Release your hands away from your back, clasp your hands behind you on the ground, press the little finger side of your hands down. Lengthen through the spine, lift your sit bones up and reach through the balls of your feet.

To come down, use your arms to support your lower back and slowly roll back down.

Supta Padangusthasana - Reclined Hand to Big Toe

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ALIGNMENT

Lie on your back, legs extended and flexed, inhale here.

Exhale, draw your right knee towards your chest, wrap a yoga strap around the balls of your foot and hold the strap in both hands, arms straight, or hold your big toe with your thumb and first two fingers. Extend your right leg up, press through the balls of your foot and reach your heel up. Press your left thigh into the ground with your left hand, broaden through the collarbones, shoulders grounded.

Draw the top of the thigh bone into its socket, lengthen the leg up straight first, then work towards reaching your leg in the direction of your head.