Birds Of Paradise

How to do Birds Of Paradise

1. Settle your weight into your left foot before lifting your right foot.
2. Keep your right knee bent as you straighten your left leg and raise your torso.
3. Spread your left toes comfortably and press through the ball and heel of your foot.
4. Keep your left knee responsive rather than locking it backward.
5. Lengthen your torso upward without leaning back to lift your right leg higher.
6. Gradually extend your right knee, stopping before your balance or bind becomes strained.
7. Rest your gaze on a still point ahead.
8. Bend your right knee before lowering the leg.

Benefits

The standing leg supplies the strength and balance beneath the open shape of bird of paradise.

Variations

Keep your right knee bent if straightening it pulls your torso forward.