How to Perform the Double Tree Pose in Partner Yoga
- 1). Stand back to back with your partner on the yoga mat with your shoulders and seats touching. Both of you should have your stance at about hip’s width apart and make sure to stand tall, lengthening your spine from your tailbone up to your neck.
- 2). Draw you right foot off the floor and bring the sole of this foot into the inside of your left thigh. At the same time, your partner will also draw his right foot off the floor and bring the sole of this foot into the inside of his left thigh.
- 3). Bring your hands together in front of you, pressing your palms evenly into each other and resting the outsides of both thumbs against your sternum. At the same time, your partner should do the same, pressing his palms evenly into each other and resting the outsides of both thumbs against his sternum. Once in position, lean your shoulder blades into your partner’s shoulder blades, both of you pressing evenly into one another.
- 4). Hold this position for 30 to 60 seconds, breathing easily and evenly, before bringing your right foot back to the floor and dropping your arms to your sides.
- 5). Shift your weight to your right foot and draw you left foot off the floor. Place the left foot to the inside of your right thigh and lightly press the sole of this foot into your leg. At the same time, your partner will also shift his weight to his right foot and draw his left foot off the floor. Matching your movements, he will place the left foot to the inside of his right thigh and lightly press the sole of this foot into his leg.
- 6). Again, bring your hands together in front of you, pressing your palms evenly into each other and resting the outsides of both thumbs against your sternum. At the same time, your partners should do the same, pressing his palms evenly into each other and resting the outsides of both thumbs against his sternum. Once in position, lean your shoulder blades into your partner’s shoulder blades, both of you pressing evenly into one another.
- 7). Hold this position for 30 to 60 seconds, breathing easily and evenly, before bringing your left foot back to the floor and dropping your arms to your sides.
