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Challenge Pose: Ardha Matsyendrasana

Strengthen your lower back as you move step by step into Ardha Matsyendrasana.

LARA WARREN

SEP 11, 2018

Ardha Matsyendrasana (Half Lord of the Fishes Pose)

Zev Starr-Tambor

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Ardha Matsyendrasana (Half Lord of the Fishes Pose)

Arda = Half · Matsya = Fish · Indra = Lord

Benefits 

Massages your lower abdominal organs; strengthens your lower back

Step 1

Sit in Dandasana (Staff Pose) with your legs stretched out in front of you. Bend your left leg, bringing your calf against your thigh. Lift your hips slightly off the mat, and place your 
left foot under your buttocks so your foot is horizontal and your toes point to the right. (The outside edge of your left foot will be on the mat.) Sit on your left foot. (You can think of this foot as a small saucer and your buttocks as the teacup.) If balance is too precarious or if your foot hurts, place a folded blanket between your foot and seat.

Cross your right leg over your left, and place your right foot beside your left thigh so that the outside of your right ankle is close to the outside of your left thigh. Your right foot and left knee should point forward. Keep your hands by your sides with your fingertips pressing down until you feel balanced. Once you feel stable, place both hands on your right knee, and press down through your hands and right foot.

See also Restorative Poses for Adrenal Fatigue

Zev Starr-Tambor

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About Our ProTeacher and model Lara Warren is a senior certified teacher at the Iyengar Yoga Institute of New York, Kula Yoga Project, and Chelsea Piers Fitness in Brooklyn. She started practicing Iyengar Yoga while living in London in her teens, and she has been going to India regularly to study with the Iyengar family since 2003. For more information on her daily classes, monthly workshops, yearly retreats, and ongoing teacher trainings, go to yogawithlara.com.

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 LARA WARREN