Thursday, June 27, 2013

Wide Legged Forward Bend

Wide Legged Forward Bend
(Prasarita Padottanasana)

Stand in Mountain Pose.

(Front Side)
Stand wide.
Hands on your waist.

 (Lateral Side)
Stand wide.
Hands on Waist.

Open the shoulders and chest.

(Front Side)
Forward bend half way down.
Torso parallel to floor.

(Lateral Side)
Forward bend half way down.
Torso parallel to floor.

Cross your fingers in back and stretch them out far away from your back.

Slowly head down the mat.
Palms together behind your back.

Gently reach your hands on the mat.
Do not arch your back.

Bend your elbows.
Gently Head onto the mat

If there is a tension to reach your hands on the mat, Place your hands on your knees.

Or hands on your shin.

***Place your hands anywhere stable that you are in no tension.***


If you are comfortable you can deepen the stretch further by grasping your big toes.

Grasping your toes.

Heads onto the mat.
You can place your palms onto your feet.

Hands back on the middle of your mat.

Bring your hands on your waist.
Slowly move your torso upward.

All the way up.

Back to mountain pose.


-Oh Yoga-




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