8 Tips To Practice A "Hollow Back" Forearm Stand (Infographic)

Editor's Note: Internationally renowned yoga teacher Kathryn Budig, was a speaker at our revitalize event this year, where she delivered a powerful talk on body image plays an important role in a conversation that is always changing.

During revitalize, we caught up with Kathryn after her Aim True yoga class, and she demonstrated one of her favorite poses: a "Hollow-Back" Forearm Stand (Pincha Mayurasana). If you're new to this style of inversion, check out her full tutorial for the pose here.

In order to really find the shape of this pose, it's better to focus on the work of the chest. The shape of the hollowed-out back comes naturally with the power of your legs and the work in your chest.

Here's what typically runs through my mind when I practice Hollow Back Forearm Stand:

1. Am I rooting my forearms?

2. Am I smiling?

3. Is my neck relaxed?

4. Is my chest drawing forward?

5. Is my front leg bent to counterbalance?

6. Am I extending powerfully through my back leg?

7. Am I spreading my toes?