Travel Yoga (24 page)

Hold the posture for at least ten seconds, and then slowly return to a standing position.

Remember, breathing is the key to strength and calm.

Try this pose standing on your other leg.

Stand with your feet together and arms by your sides and fix your gaze on a spot straight ahead of you.

Inhale and bend your right leg backward, grasping the inside of your right foot with your right hand.

Extend your left arm above your head, fingertips reaching upward.

Slowly lower your left arm straight forward and kick your right leg back as you stretch forward.

Hold the posture up for fifteen seconds while taking deep, calm breaths.

Repeat this pose one to three times on each side.

There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign
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—Robert Louis Stevenson

Gather your courage, stand with your feet together, and raise your arms straight out to either side.

Take a big step to the right, with your right foot turned out toward the right.

Bend your right knee at a ninety-degree angle. Make sure your knee is directly over your foot.