Begin in Triangle Pose with your right leg forward. Bend your right knee softly and bring your left hand to your hip.
Bring your right hand to the floor in front of your right foot. Your hand should be under your shoulder when you are in the full pose, so in order to set it up in the correct position, place it about a foot in front of and to the right of your right foot. Tilt your hand so that just your fingertips are on the floor.
Begin to straighten your right leg while simultaneously lifting your left foot off the floor. Keep your left leg as straight as possible.
Open your hips, stacking the left hip point on top of the right hip point.
Bring your left leg straight and parallel to the floor. Flex your left foot strongly with the toes pointing toward the left side of the room.
When you feel balanced on the right leg, reach the left arm up toward the ceiling, opening the chest and making a straight line with the right and left arms perpendicular to the floor.
Hold for around five breaths before releasing the left leg to the floor and repeating the pose on the other side.

As Fuller explains: “This is another one that has a multitude of benefits: core strength, balance and elongates the hip joint and it also strengthens hamstrings and calves as well as the shoulders and spine.”

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