Tree Pose

You Should Feel

Work in your standing leg—foot grounding, leg strong. Opening in your lifted hip. Steady focus.

How to Get Into the Pose

• 1Standing leg strong, foot grounded through all four corners
• 2Lifted foot presses into standing leg (avoid placing foot on knee—above or below only)
• 3Hips level, not one hip higher than the other
• 4Hands at heart center, overhead, or on hips
• 5Gaze steady on one point (drishti)

Modifications

• •If balance is challenging: Keep toes of lifted foot on the ground, heel resting on ankle
• •If hips are tight: Keep foot lower on shin instead of thigh
• •To deepen: Close your eyes