Straight legs held in a side or front split.
Stag split, in which legs are front split with bent knees.
Back extremely arched, with bent knees and toes touching the back of the head.
The straight legs intersecting at the pelvis define a plane. The ideal triangle pose has the torso and outstretched arms in that same plane.
Going up into the pose with straight legs held together takes time, along with hip and hamstring flexibility.
7 Your first objective is to arch your spine and establish dog tilt with straight arms and straight legs.
Once you have attained the straight legs position, with your buttocks on the floor, raise your hands, fold them in front of the chest, and balance. Advanced pupils may raise the hands above the head, stretch up, put the palms together, and balance.
Now push the floor away from you hands, positioning your body like an inverted V, achieving a straight line from your hands to your shoulders to the hips. Straight arms and straight legs.
Front Roll
Forward Pike Roll
Dive Roll
Pike Roll - Handstand to Front Roll with Straight Legs
Back Roll
Back Roll to Handstand ...
For example, you may have become flexible in your forward bends to the point where you can rest your torso on your straight legs with ease in Paschimottanasana (Seated Forward Bend).
Lying twist against the wall (bent or straight legs, let legs drop to one side, gaze over opposite shoulder)
Child (roll away from wall and lie in child)
Relaxation pose on belly, bolster or blanket under hips
Supported child, torso on bolster ...
If you have limited movement, go as far as you can with straight legs, then bend your knees and allow your upper body to rest on your thighs. questions for reflection
Warm up your mind by asking, "What does the West mean to me?" ...
 See also: Asana, Body, Yoga, Stretch, Stretching
  
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