Technique

1. Begin standing in Tadasana and jump your legs about three feet apart. Stretch your arms to the sides so they are fully extended and parallel to the floor.
2. Turn the front right foot 90 degrees to the right so that it is aligned with the line between your arms. Turn your rear left foot in 60 degrees to the right. Align the feet and the arms so a line from the center of the right foot bisects the left foot at the arch and is under your arms.
3. Make sure your legs are straight.
4. While keeping the outside of the rear foot in solid contact with the ground, rotate the rear leg’s hip forward until the hips are facing forward and a line between both outer hip bones is perpendicular with the line between your feet.   
5. Rotate the inner rear leg backwards and the outer rear leg forwards.
6. Move the inner thighs towards each other.
7. While rotating the pelvis also rotate the upper torso and reposition the arms so your left arm extends forward and your right arm extends backwards.  
8. Bend over the forward leg and simultaneously rotating the upper torso to bring the left arm down and the right arm up.  Make sure the hips are still deeply rotated by moving the rear leg’s hip forward, the front leg’s hip backwards and the inner thighs together as you descend and rotate your upper torso.
9. You left hand should come to the outside of the right foot as the right arm extends straight up towards the sky.  

• Throughout keep the spine extended.
•  Avoid the tendency to round your spine making your upper right side ribs convex and the lower left side ribs concave in the pose.
• Reach for your ankle of the forward leg with your left hand while maintaining a firm connection between the outside of your rear leg and the floor.
• Notice the twisting and extension of each segment of your spine from your tailbone through your neck to your head.