Wide-Legged Forward Fold

You Should Feel

Stretch in the backs of your legs and inner thighs. Length through your spine. Release in your neck.

How to Get Into the Pose

• 1Feet wide apart, parallel to each other or slightly turned in
• 2Hands to hips, ground, or blocks
• 3Fold forward from your hips, keeping spine long
• 4Head releases toward the ground
• 5Microbend in your knees

Modifications

• •If hamstrings are tight: Keep hands on blocks or don't fold as deeply
• •If balance is challenging: Shorten the width of your stance
• •To deepen: Walk hands back between your legs or place crown of head on ground/block