A Journey Into Yin Yoga

Modi cations and Other Options

• If you have sensitive knees, modify or replace with half-butter y (page
  94).


• If you have low-back issues, keep the spine as straight as possible.


• If this pose is too intense, place a prop under the hip of the extended
  leg to take the pressure off the opposite knee. You can also place a blan-
  ket or extra padding under the same knee.


• For more of a hamstring and spine stretch, crawl your torso toward the
  extended leg. Reach the hands out and allow the chest to drape over the
  thigh (1).


• Bring the left arm inside the extended leg, and reach the right arm to the
  sky. Open the top of the chest, and reach the right arm toward the left
  foot. Flexible students can grab the outer edge of the left foot and roll
  the top ribs open to the sky (2). This variation provides more of a stretch
  for the muscles along the side of the torso.

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MODIFICATION 1

MODIFICATION 2