Single Leg Stretch
Lie on your back, spine and pelvis are neutral. Upper torso is in flexion up off the mat, right leg bent in toward the torso with the right hand on the lower right leg, left hand is in the inside thigh of the right leg. Left leg is lengthened on the mat, and toes are pointed.
How to do it
Inhale: Lift the left leg up around 2 feet off the mat.
Exhale: Lengthen through the spine, and engage the abdominals. Maintaining neutral spine and pelvis, begin to switch legs, keeping the hand position of leg in toward the torso + hand on lower leg + opposite hand on inner thigh. Repeat with an inhale drawing the knee in toward the torso, as the opposite leg lengthen as you exhale to transition to other leg.
Repeat 8 - 10 sets
Be mindful
- Maintain neutral spine and pelvis throughout the entire exercise.
- Extend legs higher of the ground and not low, if you feel that you are not able to maintain the neutral spine and pelvis during the exercise.
When the mind needs somewhere to land
Everything in this wing points, in the end, to the same place — the breath, and the nervous system beneath it. It is why I built SOVA: a quiet companion for the moments in between.
- Today — a daily practice that aligns you before the day pulls you a dozen directions.
- Companion — a place to process any feeling, even the happy ones.
- Pages — a soft place to set your thoughts down and out of your head.
- The House — rooms of calm to step into, whenever you need one.