Yoga Back Bends & Balancing Poses - Yoga tree pose

Vrksasana, Tree Pose. Tree Pose begins with the balance and stability the soles of your feet. So if you're beginning in Tadasana, we'll check that we have stability in the soles of your feet. And then we're going to alert the right leg. The right leg is what's going to do the work in this pose. We're going to gently use an inhale to lift your left leg, gliding it up your leg. You have the choice, to your shin, to your thigh, to your inner groin. The only thing that you want to avoid is pressing the foot on to your knees. So you need to make a decision of whether the leg is going to go above or below the knee. Now we need to create that length in your spine, you need to bring your hips so that they're level. Draw the hips forward, externally rotate that leg and if it's available to you, you'll invite the palms to your heart, create the length and stability. If it's available to you, you'll inhale, lengthening both arms. Again, finding a place to focus and balance. It's going to take the strength of your standing leg. It's going to be an external rotation of that standing leg. To help create the strength, we need to encourage the strength of your abs, so you want to draw from the top of the pelvis bone, right through the sternum, right through the collar bone, draw that into your body. Inhale releasing the leg back into the earth and it's a pose that will be presented on both sides of the body.