Seated Forward Fold / Paschimottanasana

Seated Forward Fold / Paschimottanasana

Sit on the floor with both legs straight out in front of you and toes pointing up. Pull the meat from underneath your sit bones and walk your heels as far away from you as you can.

With a deep breath in, raise your arms above your head and pull your trunk as long as it can stretch before exhaling the body forward. Folding at the hip crease and not the waistline, imagine your belly button pulling your spine forward to the tops of your legs. To make room for your belly, pull the chest up and toward your knees. Look at your shins and imagine the crown of your head and your feet in a race for the finish line. Stretch the body long to tie up the head with the feet. 

For added stretch in your hamstrings, pull the tips of the toes back toward your belly as you press your sit bones farther and farther behind you

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