Eka Pada Urdhva Dhanurasana

One Legged Wheel

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One Legged Wheel demonstrated on a yoga mat
Right-side demonstration

How to do One Legged Wheel

  1. Keep both hands and both feet firmly planted before changing your support.
  2. Press through both palms rather than shifting all your weight into the supporting foot.
  3. Keep your supporting knee pointing in the same direction as its toes.
  4. Keep the heel and ball of your supporting foot grounded.
  5. Keep your abdomen active without bracing so hard that you stop breathing.
  6. Lengthen through your lifted leg without letting your pelvis roll to one side.
  7. Keep your head free of the floor and avoid turning your neck.
  8. Bend your lifted knee and return that foot beside your supporting foot.