Three-legged dog (hold)

Eka Pada Adho Mukha Svanasana

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Downward dog with the right leg lifted straight back and up in line with the torso, hips level with the right toes pointing down, the left heel reaching toward the floor and the arms straight.

How to do it

1. Start in Downward-facing dog: hands shoulder-width, fingers spread, feet hip-width, arms and legs straight, hips high, heels toward the floor.
2. Press evenly through both hands, especially the left, and shift slightly onto the left foot.
3. Inhale and lift the straight right leg up behind you until it continues the line from the wrists through the hips to the right heel.
4. Keep the hips level and square to the floor, right toes pointing down; left heel reaching toward the floor, arms straight, shoulders even.
5. Head relaxed between the upper arms, gaze toward the feet. Hold, then switch sides.

Muscles worked

Main: shoulders
Supporting: glutes, hamstrings, triceps, calves, abs, traps, lats