Pronunciation: (crown-CHAHS-ah-nuh)
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Benefits: This pose releases your hamstrings, which are a key component for physical flexibility as well as a place that often holds tension.
How it's done:
- Begin seated.
- Bring your left foot into Virasana (Hero Pose).
- Bend your right leg.
- Press your right arm into the inside of your right knee.
- Turn your right hand so that you are reaching to the outside of your ankle.
- Use your left hand to reach for the inside of your right ankle.
- Leaning back slightly, lift your right leg as far as is comfortable.
- Hold this pose for 30 seconds to one minute, then lower your right leg and carefully extend your left leg before repeating on the other side.
