• Increases blood flow to the brain
• Lowers blood pressure
• Promotes inner stillness

Focus

Lengthen your spine on the inhalation with your chin extended, then soften your spine on the exhalation. Let your head and neck hang freely, do not strain.

1. Stand with your legs 4-6 feet apart, arms outstretched at shoulder height.
2. Exhaling, bend forward. Place your palms flat on the floor between your feet (bend your knees if necessary).
3. Turn your right foot out to the side a little, “walk” your hands over to your right foot, and place them on either side of your right ankle or on top of your right foot.
4. Inhaling, lengthen through the spine. Exhaling, soften the body and extend. through the chin rather than trying to put the head on the knee. Continue lengthening and extending the spine as you breathe deeply 7 times.
5. Exhaling, “walk” your hands back to the front.
6. Inhaling, come up to a standing position.
7. Turn your right foot to the front and your left foot out to the side. Repeat the stretch on your left side for 7 breaths.

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