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Single-Leg Downward Dog Pose

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Learn how to do Single-Leg Downward Dog Pose (Eka Pada Adho Mukha Svanasana). This video tutorial will teach you the proper alignment and technique to help you safely move into Single-Leg Downward Dog Pose.

Single Leg Downward Dog, or Three-Legged Dog, is a common variation of Down Dog in a vinyasa flow. Try this fun asymmetrical balance for a good stretch and challenge in your next practice.

Benefits of Single-Leg Downward Dog Pose:
- Stretches your hips and hamstrings
- Strengthens your arms
- Improves your balance

How to do Single-Leg Downward Dog Pose :
1. Come into Downward Facing Dog pose.
2. Step your feet to the back of the mat roughly hips distance apart.
3. Externally rotate your arms by wrapping your triceps down.
4. Lift your hips up and back, and melt your chest where the shoulders align between the wrists and the hips.
5. Press down into your left foot, then lift your right heel as high as it goes while keeping the right leg strong and active.
6. Press the energy of your left heel down toward the mat.
7. Create inward rotation through your right leg by pointing your right toes down and heel up.
8. Lift your leg up as high as you can, extend out through your leg so you feel a stretch through your left hamstring.
9. Flex or point through your toes. Bring your gaze down toward the ground between your arms or toward the back of the room.