Looking for a strength and balance challenge? Eight-Angle pose is a fun advanced arm balance to learn to master.
Here are some health benefits of Eight-Angle Pose:
– Tones your core
– Improves balance and focus
– Strengthens upper body and wrists
How to do Eight-Angle Pose:
1. Send one leg out in front of you with the other leg bent.
2. Lift your bent leg up and cross your opposite-side hand over to the pinky-toe edge of the foot. Place the same-side hand underneath the calf and use it to hoist that leg over your shoulder.
3. Point your toes and clamp that shoulder with your leg.
4. Place your hands flat next to your hips. Push down to lift your hips up off the ground.
5. Lift your straight leg off the ground, cross the straight leg over your bent-leg ankle, and create a hook by flexing your feet.
6. Extend your legs out to the side, squeeze your arms with the inner thighs, and bend your elbows like chaturanga.
7. Look down for extra balance, out toward your legs, or forward.
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