During our recent weekend of teacher training while we were working with this pose, Christa gave a postural cue to help bring us into better alignment. She encouraged us that “the heart comes through the hands.” I was immediately moved by how meaningful this cue is and on how many levels it works. In the asana, this means we use our strength, flexibility and breath to straighten and push our arms in such a way that we bring our torso further forward, moving the chest in through the arm space. In Urdhva Dhanurasana our world appears upside down and it takes a moment to figure out how to make this movement happen. But once it does happen, we move beyond a part of ourselves, yet more deeply into ourselves. We propel ourselves into a deeper embodiment of the posture, and perhaps into a deeper embodiment of yoga.