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Scale Pose

Tolasana

Arm Balances Advanced

Scale Pose (Tolasana) is an advanced arm balance. Arm/core strength, lifts seated base.

Sage line drawing of Scale Pose

How to cue it

  1. From lotus, plant hands beside hips
  2. Press down and lift the whole body to float

At a glance

Drishti
Forward / softWhere the eyes rest.
Family
Arm balance
Level
Advanced
Chakra
Root (Muladhara)

Take care

Wrists, knees (lotus).

Counter poses

What to offer after Scale Pose to let the body settle.

Build your class with Scale Pose in Cue

Drop Scale Pose into a sequence, keep these cues beside it, set the timing, then teach the whole class off one screen you can read from across the room. Free to start.

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