- Begin in Sphinx Pose, pressing down with all ten toenails, spinning your inner thighs to the ceiling, and firming your outer ankles into your midline.
- Keeping your left elbow in front of your left shoulder, move your hand so your fingers point toward your right wrist and your forearm is at a diagonal.
- Press down with your left forearm to roll your left shoulder back and up away from the floor.
- Extend your sternum away from your navel, and broaden your collarbones to lift and open your chest.
- Place your right hand next to your lower ribs with your fingers pointing forward and your shoulder at elbow height as in Chaturanga Dandasana (Four-Limbed Staff Pose).
- Bend your right knee, aiming your foot toward your right buttock; keep your right knee pinned into your midline.
- Keeping the Chaturanga shape, place your right hand on the top of your right…