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Supta Padangusthasana  (soup-TAH pod-ang-goosh-TAHS-anna)

Please ask your health care provider before beginning any new exercise routine.

Lie on your back on the floor, knees bent feet flat. Support your head a folded blanket if you feel the need.

 Draw your left knee and thigh into your torso. Press right your right foot to the floor.

Loop a strap around the arch of the left foot hold the strap in both hands. Straighten the knee, pressing the left heel up toward the ceiling. Reaching up the strap until the elbows are fully extended. Broaden the shoulder blades across your back and press them lightly into the floor.

Extend your leg keeping the heel up and toes towards the face. BREATHE!  Raised your  leg perpendicular to the floor release the head of the thigh bone more deeply into the pelvis, draw the foot closer to your head, increasing the stretch on the back of the leg.

Extend the right leg along the floor pressing the thigh flat to the earth. Breathe!

Hold the posture anywhere from 1 to 3 minutes to open and strengthen muscles of the legs, low back and core.

Repeat on the right for the same length of time.