Left shoulder

An [open] position in which the leader has the back of his right hand touching his left shoulder. In this case, the hand should rest over the shoulder close to the neck, with the palm of the hand visible and pointing up and to the left. This position is reached by bringing your right hand over your head onto your left shoulder, like tracing the character ⋂ over your head (an upside down U) while rotating 180 degrees clockwise (this can be done in two steps, like in a salsa left turn steps 3 and 4). At the end of the turn, the leader and the follower will be facing in the same direction, sort of like >¯>, where the follower stands behind the leader as the leader holds the follower’s hand at the shoulder. Usually the next step is to leave the follower’s hand at the shoulder.