Side Arm Balance (Vasisthasana)

• Basically balancing on your right hand and right knee with your left foot squeezing the floor (optional: straighten right leg also)
• Try and have a straight line from your right hand to right knee to right foot to left foot
• Press firmly through your right arm creating space in right shoulder joint (so there is not too much compression in shoulder joint)
• Extend left arm straight up towards the sky above right arm to your own comfortable degree
• Allow left arm, shoulder and chest to open while always keeping your chest lengthening away from your left foot squeezing the floor
• Option: use towel as padding for knee, if necessary

[ From the booklet for the Advanced Routine Two—Live Bootleg CD. ]