Tortoise pose provides deep opening of the hips and chest.
How to:
Begin in downward dog.
Jump the feet around the arms bringing the legs high up on the shoulders.
Lower to the floor, and stretch the hands backward. Place the palms flat on the floor. Lift the heels and draw the legs in toward the shoulders.
Hold for 5 breaths.
Challenge
Come into Supta Kurmasana by crossing the feet behind the head and binding the hands behind the back.
Exit the pose the way you came in by lifting up. Pull the legs back into Bakasana and hop back into Chaturanga.
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