how do i do it???? this might seem very obvious to someone who knows how to do it. do i actually have to bend each part of v4 or is there some way to lock her toes to the ground? i have tried to pin them and to lock them.

Switch to the Active Pose tool, select each foot and hit the spacebar to pi (or go to the Tool palette and pin from there), then drag the hip up a bit (then rselect the feet and unpin them). Though in general I find it easier in the long run to pose each bone separately.

thank you. :-)