How to Do One-Legged Four-Limbed Staff Pose

by POPSUGAR Fitness 2

As if holding your body a few inches above the ground in Four-Limbed Staff wasn't challenging enough, here's a variation to make your upper body, abs, and booty work even harder.

Sanskrit Name: Eka Pada Chaturanga Dandasana English Translation: One-Legged Four-Limbed Staff Pose Also Called: One-Legged Chaturanga

Curious to know how to get into this pose?

• Begin in Mountain pose. Inhale to raise your arms overhead, and exhale as you fold forward, placing your palms flat on the floor in a Standing Forward Bend.
• Inhale to look up with a flat back, and exhale to step or jump back, coming into Four-Limbed Staff. Hold here with your body in one straight line. Your elbows should be above your wrists and your shoulders in line with your elbows.
• Lift your right leg a few inches off the floor, pointing your toes, and holding for five deep breaths. Release that foot to the floor and lift your left leg for another five breaths.
• Release your left foot to the floor, inhale into Upward Facing Dog, and exhale into Downward Facing Dog.