https://www.athletico.com/2015/11/18/stretch-of-the-week-heros-pose-in-yoga/ Better for every body. Tue, 22 Apr 2025 19:32:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://www.athletico.com/2015/11/18/stretch-of-the-week-heros-pose-in-yoga/#comment-538599 Tue, 04 Jan 2022 22:39:40 +0000 http://www.athletico.com/?p=25210#comment-538599 Putting a rolled blanket under the feet like in the photo will put the ankles into *deeper* extension and make the posture more difficult. The ankle would need to stretch further to be flat on the floor, not less. It may be more productive to put the blanket under the shins to decrease the amount of extension the ankle needs to have to be flat on the floor — that seems like a more appropriate modification for tight ankles. In hero’s pose, the rotation of the leg should be such that the line from the big toe to the ankle is where the foot is making contact with the floor.

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