Half wheel

Accessories

  • Yoga Mat

Instructions

  • From seated position, roll back onto spine, bend knees, place feet close to hips.
  • Take your arms back placing the hands on the ground beside the ears and the fingers facing the shoulders.
  • Your hands must be flat and stable on the ground in order to continue.
  • If stable you can push hips up into the air, bringing weight onto the hands and feet.
  • Continue opening chest towards the hands.
  • If there is back pain, try lowering the hips slightly.
  • Hold this position for 5 to 10 deep breaths.
  • To release, exhale and lower the hips back down to the ground, roll of to the side and come back to seated position.
  • Counter the pose could follow as a forward bend.