1. Start with one leg front and one leg back.
2. Wear socks on a floor that will allow your feet to slide easily.
3. Slide down, spreading both legs so that you can rest your weight in your hands by putting them on either side of you on the floor.
4. If you can keep your back leg straight, tuck your toe under or put it against a wall, in order to hold it in place and begin to slide the front leg forward.
5. Continue reaching through the back of the heel of the back leg as you slide down.
6. Depending on how tight you are, you may need to drop/bend the back knee to rest some of the weight on it.  (Put something soft under the knee cap).
7. Either way, slide your front leg out little by little.
8. In between each slide, stop, straighten the front knee, hold it there and then flex the foot.
9. As you move forward with the front leg, your back leg should straighten little by little - that is, if it is not already straight.
10. Once you're almost there, untuck your back toes and let the top of the foot slide along the floor as you inch your way down.
11. At the very end, when you can't go any farther, lift your chest.
12. Switch legs and do the other side.
13. Repeat every day or every other day.
     

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