BENEFITS
Strengthens and tones your ankles, inner and outer thighs, and your core muscles.
► From Mountain pose, step your right leg back one leg's length, right toes tucked under, right ankle drawing backwards. Inhale ► Point the heel of your back foot behind you and put your weight into your straight back leg. Relax shoulders down, look ahead, take five breaths (A). ► Inhale and straighten your bent left leg. Exhale and bend your left knee to a right angle again and edge your back knee closer to the floor. Repeat eight times, then sink deeper into the lunge and hold for six breaths. Press down on your front foot to come up and repeat on the other side.
