Candlelight Pose

This is one of the most difficult pose to me.

However today I had a surprise that my quads have strenghtened much as I found that it was much easier for me to go down from standing with a half lotus down into a squat. I do find this amazing… yoga improves one’d body without one knowing until you return to the same pose after many moons. Next target : now I just have to learn how to balance with one hand on the floor while in the squat. Usually from this pose, the teacher will ask us to move our hands back to the front and then slowly straighten the squating leg and come into a half lotus forward bend. Then following to place the half lotus leg across the the arms, with the foot hooked on to one side of the triceps and the knee on the other arm’s tricep. From here, squeeze the half lotus leg into the arms and try to lift the back leg. The final pose will be to lift the standing leg and straighten out behind.

One day!

Om~