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134 || FITNESS MAGAZINE || AUGUST 2015bring your big toes to touch and heels slightly separated. Squeeze your inner thighs together and pull your hips back, bringing them low toward your mat, arms reach up. Tuck your tailbone, engage your core and lift through your chest. Take a few breaths here. Remember that the lower your hips are to the mat the easier it will be to twist and find your full bind.his is one of my favorite poses to do in my practice because it challenges both my strength and balance to access it. I have to be fully present and focused within to lift up into this beautiful posture. I also love that it%u2019s a twisting posture, cleansing and releasing the stuck energy within my body. Twisted bird of paradise leaves me feeling renewed and reenergized for my day ahead both physically and mentally. So here are the steps to access twisted bird of paradise from queen chair pose (utkatasana).