How do you cue: Ardha Uttanasana (Standing forward bend / half forward fold)

Ardha Uttanasana is a pose used to extend and warm the spine and legs and is a key asana in the Sun Salutations A & B sequences because of its loosening and warming qualities. However, you will find it used throughout most yoga flows.  You may notice tightness through the first few of your practice, but with each expansion into this pose, you will quickly feel its positive effects. So, How Do You Cue Ardha Uttanasan?

Ardha Uttanasana (Half standing forward bend/ half forward fold)
Cue type	Cue
Short & sweet	lookup and lengthen
Meet in the middle	rising half way up, gaze is out and up
All in the details	push up thru the fingertips, shoulders back, spine straight, chin out, gaze up

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