Pose Tutorial - Elephant Trunk Pose - Eka Hasta Bhujasana

Transcript

Hello. I thought I'd just pop in and share a fun little pose. It's quite accessible and it's called elephant trunk pose. And when you see the shape the pose makes, you'll understand why it's called that. Uh I'll show you from the side. You can see what it looks like. So one leg is going to be straight. Other leg is bent and clamping down over the arm. So very much like the entry to a crescent. I clamp that foot in to lock my uh leg around the upper arm. And the higher I get that leg up my arm, the easier the pose will be. The clamped arm place just in front of my crotch, other hand um aligned to that. So they're both both my wrists are ahead of my hips. I'm going to lean in so my shoulders are over my hands and I will be able to lift my just pressing like that. To hold myself up, I'm going to engage with the bander and really suck my navl in and up. Second leg of the straight leg, I will point out. And when I'm lifted, I can rock back slightly, bringing the front foot up off the ground. Suck in, lean back, and that leg lifts. Just to show you It looks like from this side. Take my arm, put it under my leg, hit the leg as high up on my shoulder as I can. Really clamp this arm down. I place my hands just ahead of my hips. I uh tuck my navl in and up. I press the ground away and engage. I can rock back slightly. My straight leg lifts. You go, elephant trunk pose. Have a go. Have a play. It's nice and accessible. Tell me what you think.