You want your legs close to 90 degrees.

Exhale and, with one smooth movement, swing your legs up onto the wall and your shoulders and head lightly down onto the floor. Step 3: Straighten your legs up the wall. Sit sideways on right end of the support, with your right side against the wall (left-handers can substitute "left" for "right" in these instructions).

If you’re more flexible, you will be closer to the wall and less flexible, you may be further away. The first few times you do this, you may ignominiously slide off the support … They are as straight as you can get them comfortably but don't lock your knees. It also helps to alleviate tension in the lower back, hips, and legs. Step 2: Raise your legs up against the wall and bring your body close to the wall. Scoot your hips as close to the wall as you can and then extend your legs vertically up the wall so they are supported by the wall. How to do Legs Up the Wall Pose: Step 1: Start by sitting next to a wall. How to Do Legs Up the Wall Pose: Step-by-Step Instructions Step 1. Make sure your body is … Take a seat facing a wall. Rotate yourself around so that your legs and feet go up the wall as you take your head away from the wall to lie down.

Start with your support about 5 to 6 inches away from the wall. Try to have your backside resting where the floor meets the wall. Scoot your butt closer to the wall if you need to.

Step-by-step instructions for legs-up-the-wall pose (Resource from The Black Girl's Guide to Calm book) Keep your butt as close to the wall as possible.

Rest your arms …