Baddha Konasana

There are three variations of Baddha Konasana, bound angle pose. Bring the soles of your feet together close in toward your groin or farther away if that is better for your knees. Open the feet like a book with your hands, thumbs at your arches and fingers on top, to try and open your hips a bit more. You can modify and sit on a blanket and place blocks under your knees for support. Tuck your chin and breathe here in this A position if folding forward will not work with your body. Otherwise in the primary series, proceed to B position. Inhale look up and exhale fold forward with a flat back. Reach the crown of your head away from your sitting bones and pull your abs up and in. Breathe for five breaths then inhale come up and exhale round your spine for C position. Hollow out your belly and reach the crown of your head to your feet. After five breaths, inhale come up, exhale release and vinyasa. This pose stretches the inner thighs, groin, hips, back and shoulders and strengthens the core.

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