Tabletop Balances

• Raise the leg backwards passing through a toe point then up behind you
• Take your body forward as your lift your leg behind
• Ensure the leg is straight
• Ensure both legs are turned out
• Hips need to be kept level and not rotated to assist the lifting of the leg
• Be careful not to let the body drop to the floor – keep the chest up and shoulders back
• Ensure belly button is pulled back toward the spine, bottom is tucked in and shoulders are pulled back
• Ensure the lifting and lowering of the leg is completed with control
• Head needs to be kept in line with body not lifted or dropped to the floor.

• It is important that there is no arch in the back for a tabletop balance. You are aiming for a straight flat line.