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Baptiste Yoga: 5 Poses to Access the Power of Imperfection

Master Baptiste Yoga teacher Leah Cullis demonstrates five poses that will help you discover your imperfections and have fun in the process.

LEAH CULLIS

APR 7, 2016

Master Baptiste Yoga teacher Leah Cullis, who leads YJ's online course Pillars of Power Yoga (sign up here), demonstrates 5 poses that will help you discover your imperfections and have fun in the process.

This weekend at Yoga Journal LIVE! in New York City, Baron Baptiste and I are leading an in-person immersion into the Pillars of Power Yoga, where Baron will introduce practices from his new book, Perfectly Imperfect, that will help you embrace your imperfections and access more power on and off the mat. As you welcome the unsteady parts of your yoga practice with acceptance, patience, and grace, you can start to meet life as it comes, both the highs and the lows, and feel the freedom and ease that emerge.

The following 5 poses will help you discover your imperfections and reveal the wisdom and the fun of falling down. You can practice them together as a sequence (remember to do both sides) or add them individually into your practice.

Lord of the Dance (Natarajasana)

Lord of the Dance Pose teaches us how to be grounded and stable. As you come into the pose, set your vision on one point and remember that falling is part of the process.

Come to a standing position. Anchor into your standing foot and press down into all four corners. Bend your other knee and catch the inner arch of your other foot with your hand, thumb facing up and shoulder open. Reach your opposite arm to the sky. Tilt your tailbone down toward the ground and lift your low belly up and in to stabilize at your core. Hug both knees toward your centerline, and with your inhale, kick your lifted shin behind you. As you lift and power up your pose, cultivate a balance of effort and ease. Hold for 5–10 breaths.

See alsoBaptiste Yoga: 10 Poses to Help You Love Your Body

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