Half moon (hold)
Ardha Chandrasana
Yogaintermediatetimedno equipment
Balancing on one straight leg and the same-side fingertips on the floor about 30 cm ahead of the foot, the other straight leg lifts to horizontal, the body and top arm open to the side with the hips stacked, both arms in one vertical line.
How to do it
- From Triangle on the right side, bend the right knee and place the right fingertips on the floor (or block) about 30 cm in front of and slightly outside the right little toe.
- Shift the weight onto the right foot and lift the left foot off the floor.
- Straighten the right leg while raising the straight left leg until it is parallel to the floor, left foot flexed, toes pointing forward.
- Stack the left hip over the right, torso turned open to the side (facing the camera), roughly horizontal.
- Raise the left arm straight up in line with the right arm; gaze at the left hand, or forward/down if the neck strains.
Muscles worked
obliqui, femorali, adduttori, glutei, quadricipiti