Compass Yoga Pose
Type of Yoga Pose: seated
Benefits: the pose is good for intensive stretch of the hamstring and also opens the shoulders.
Instructions for getting in this yoga pose:
1. First of all you need to sit in a comfortable position with your legs crossed.
2. Then you should bend your right knee and press it to your chest.
3. You may leave your left leg in a bent position or put it on the floor.
4. Then you should raise your right leg with your left hand as you thread the right hand under your right knee placing your right fingertips on the floor.
5. Afterwards you are to lift your right knee as high up on to your right shoulder as it is possible. The higher you will lift it, the easier this pose will be.
6. Then you should get your left hand to the outside edge of your right foot.
7. Now you can start bringing your right leg in a straight position while you simultaneously put your left arm back behind your head.
8. Then you are to look at your left arm.
9. You should repeat the exercises on the other side.
This yoga pose is advanced. You should try to stay on the top of your sit bones all the time and try not to collapse into a slump. This is more important than straightening the lifted leg.
Benefits: the pose is good for intensive stretch of the hamstring and also opens the shoulders.
Instructions for getting in this yoga pose:
1. First of all you need to sit in a comfortable position with your legs crossed.
2. Then you should bend your right knee and press it to your chest.
3. You may leave your left leg in a bent position or put it on the floor.
4. Then you should raise your right leg with your left hand as you thread the right hand under your right knee placing your right fingertips on the floor.
5. Afterwards you are to lift your right knee as high up on to your right shoulder as it is possible. The higher you will lift it, the easier this pose will be.
6. Then you should get your left hand to the outside edge of your right foot.
7. Now you can start bringing your right leg in a straight position while you simultaneously put your left arm back behind your head.
8. Then you are to look at your left arm.
9. You should repeat the exercises on the other side.
This yoga pose is advanced. You should try to stay on the top of your sit bones all the time and try not to collapse into a slump. This is more important than straightening the lifted leg.