Practical Benefits: Helps to open up tight shoulders and reduce pain or tightness in the rotator cuff, which will help prevent chronic, long-term injuries to your shoulders, while improving the range of motion in your chest, which will improve your pushing power.
Technique:
1. Start from Warrior 2.
2. Bring the outside of the front wrist to the inside of the front knee.
3. Extend the back hand upwards with palm facing in the same direction as your hips.
4. Press the abdominal muscles in the direction that the hips are facing.
5. Lengthen the spine and stretch the upper body by reaching the sternum up and forward, creating a straight line with the body from back foot to head.
6. Pull the rear shoulder back, squeeze the shoulder blades toward one another, and expose the chest upwards to further open the upper body.
7. Hold for 30 - 60 seconds.
Tips: Keep the weight of your body in your core, rather than allowing your forearm to rest on the thigh. Press your front knee into the back of your wrist, wrist into knee, and front shin forward for a deeper stretch.
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