- Begin in Mountain Pose.
- Inhale, bring your arms up overhead, shoulder width apart, palms facing, fingers spread wide.
- Exhale and gently curl your spine backwards, to create the standing back arch.
- Tuck your tailbone under slightly and continue to maintain the strength and length created in mountain pose.
- Imagine energy being pulled up from the ground through the arches in your feet, shooting up your entire body and out through your fingertips.
- Take a breath and than on the next inhale slowly begin to straighten yourself back up to tall mountain.
- Exhale and bring your hands together at your heart.
Standing Back Arch – Urdhva Hastasana
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Sun Salutation A
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Tall Mountain – Urdhva Hastasana
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- Inhale and raise your arms above your head
- Keep arms straight and shoulder width apart
- Spread your fingers
- Extend from your hips all the way up through your fingers to create length